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Discuss the importance of models in developing an understanding of the nature of ligands and chelated ligands, using specific examples
Advantages:
- It is impossible to witness what occurs on a micro level when ligands and chelated ligands bond in complexes
- These explain the structure and bonding in a visually easy to understand way
- Which helps build understanding about the chemical interactions that occur with these substances
Disadvantages:
- Not all electrons are shown
- Transitional orbitals not represented
- The rate of reactions or what initiates them is not specified
- Electrons are represeted as stagnant
- Energy changes as electrons form complex are not displayed