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This tag is for questions concerning coordination compounds including but not limited to ligand properties, metal properties, orbital splitting, micro- and macroscopic properties of entire complexes etc. For complexes where carbon monoxide is the only ligand, use the [carbonyl-complexes] tag instead. For organic catalysts or proteins, the tag is applicable if the question is about the metal’s direct coordination sphere.

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Can Acetone act as a ligand?

I have never seen any Carbonyl Oxygen acting as a ligand. But a naive intution says that since carbonyl oxygen has two lone pairs, it should act as a donor atom, donating one of its lone pairs as show …
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What is the actual complex formed in Fehling's solution?

What is the actual complex formed in Fehling's solution when Fehling’s solution A and Fehling’s solution B are mixed in equal amount? Wikipedia suggests: $\ce{[Cu(C4H4O6)2]^2-}$ But the book I follow …
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