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Question
Choose the most appropriate answer of the following:
Bonding in this molecule can be understood to involve coordinate bonding
(A) Carbon tetrachloride
(B) Hydrogen
(C) Hydrogen chloride
(D) Ammonium chloride
Solution
Ammonium chloride
The bond formed between the nitrogen atom in ammonia and the chloride ion is a coordinate bond.
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