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NEETChemistryCoordination Compounds

Which of the following describes the primary valences in coordination compounds?

Options

  1. ASatisfied by neutral molecules
  2. BNon-ionizable and satisfied by negative ions
  3. CIonizable and satisfied by negative ions
  4. DAlways equal to the coordination number

Correct answer

C. Ionizable and satisfied by negative ions

Step-by-step solution

Primary valences in coordination compounds, according to Werner's theory, are ionizable and satisfied by negative ions.

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