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I was going through the questions in TPR Hyperlearning Science workbook. I got to Chemistry passage 25, question 2. I had trouble understanding it. I don't understand why chloroamine would be a stronger ligand than ammonia. It doesn't make sense to me considering the fact that a ligand is something that donates an electron pair. With chlorine being present, as an electron withdrawer/higher electronegativity, how could it be a stronger ligand? wouldn't it want to the keep the...
Stronger Ligand Chloroamine vs ammonia
I was going through the questions in TPR Hyperlearning Science workbook. I got to Chemistry passage 25, question 2. I had trouble understanding it. I don't understand why chloroamine would be a stronger ligand than ammonia. It doesn't make sense to me considering the fact that a ligand is something that donates an electron pair. With chlorine being present, as an electron withdrawer/higher electronegativity, how could it be a stronger ligand? wouldn't it want to the keep the...
Stronger Ligand Chloroamine vs ammonia