AIIMS 201826 May
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2018
- Date
- 26 May
- Subject
- Chemistry
- Chapter
- Coordination Compounds
AIIMS 2018 · 26 May · Chemistry · Coordination Compounds
Assertion : In Zeise's salt coordination number of Pt is five....
Assertion : In Zeise's salt coordination number of is five.
Reason : Ethene is a bidentate ligand.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
Zeise's salt

Coordination no. of is 4 . Ethylene is a monodentate ligand.
Coordination no. of is 4 . Ethylene is a monodentate ligand.