NEET Chemistry Ligands Assertion Reason Question
Assertion (A): Anionic ligands are listed alphabetically regardless of their charge. | Reason (R): The 2004 IUPAC draft recommends that anionic ligands end with '-ido'.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
A is true but R is false.
A is false but R is true.
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
Both the assertion and the reason are true as per the NCERT context: ligands are sorted alphabetically, and anionic ligands end with '-ido', but the reason does not explain why they are sorted alphabetically.
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