Question

What type of bonding do Ligands exhibit?

Answer 1

Mainly covalent bonds.

Answer 2

mainly?

Answer 3

i am not really getting the concept of ligands

Answer 4

Well, I do not know of any exceptions, but they might be there

Answer 5

You are studying coordination compounds?

Answer 6

What makes a Ligand a ligand,
i am only in my first week of inorganic chem

Answer 7

yes i yam

Answer 8

Well, actually, I am not so good at inorganic chemistry. But I know that ligands are those atoms or ions which donate an electron pair to the central atom of a compound, forming a covalent bond.
I havent studied Coordination compounds yet, but you can read up on this:
http://www.chm.davidson.edu/vce/coordchem/Ligands.html

Answer 9

thank you

Answer 10

A good book for inorganic chemistry is Chemical Principles - the quest for insight by Peter Atkins and Loretta Jones. You can download an ebook of it. Tell me if you need the download link

Answer 11

i have "Inorganic Chemistry" by " Peter Atkins, Tina Overton, Jonathan Rourke, Mark Weller, Fraser Armstrong".
Peter Atkins is author of both

Answer 12

Yeah can i have that download link i can seem to find one on my own

Answer 13

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/6875166/Chemical_Principles_-_The_quest_for_insight_%284th_edition%29. Actually, you can download this only if you have utorrent or any other bit torrent client

Answer 14

i have a torrent program, i just can seen to find peers online

Answer 15

just can't*