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A chelating ligand has two or more than two donor atoms to bind to a single metal ion.
Which of the following is not a chelating ligand?
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A chelating ligand has two or more binding donor atoms attached to a single metal ion. eg.
Here, 
denotes binding site.
Among the given ligands, thiosulphato 
is not a chelating ligand because geometrically it is not favourable for 
to chelate a metal ion.
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