Number of ambidentate ligands in a representative metal complex M ( en ) ( SCN ) 4 is _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . [ en = ethylenediamine]

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Ambidentate ligand has two or more donor atoms, but during complex formation, only one donor atom is attached to central metal. ${SCN}^{-}$ ion has donor atoms $N$ and $S$ .
Examples of ambidentate ligands include ${NO}_{2}^{-} and {SO}_{3}^{2 -}$ . So, $4 {SCN}^{-}$ ligands are ambidentate.

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