Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
A complex of the type \[\ce{[M(AA)2X2]^{n+}}\] is known to be optically active. What does this indicate about the structure of the complex? Give one example of such complex.
Advertisements
Solution
An optically active \[\ce{[M(AA)2X2]^{n+}}\] indicates civ-octahedral structure e.g. \[\ce{cis-[Pt(en)2Cl2]^{2+}}\] or \[\ce{cis-[Cr(en)2Cl2]^+}\]
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Write applications of co-ordination compounds in medicine and electroplating.
Write structures of compounds A, B and C in of the following reactions
Write the IUPAC name of the following coordination compound:
[PtCl2(NH3)4][PtCl4]
The ligand triethylenetetramine is _______.
Which of the following represents a chelate ligand?
A group of atoms can function as a ligand only when:
The coordination number of the central ion may be obtained from:
In which of the following compounds the oxidation state of the nickel atom is 0?
Which of the following is non-ionizable?
The stabilisation of coordination compounds due to chelation is called the chelate effect. Which of the following is the most stable complex species?
Identify the correct statements for the behaviour of ethane-1, 2-diamine as a ligand.
(i) It is a neutral ligand.
(ii) It is a didentate ligand.
(iii) It is a chelating ligand.
(iv) It is a unidentate ligand.
Match the compounds given in Column I with the oxidation state of cobalt present in it (given in Column II) and assign the correct code:
| Column I (Compound) | Column II (Oxidation state of Co) |
| A. \[\ce{[Co(NCS)(NH3)5](SO3)}\] | 1. + 4 |
| B. \[\ce{[Co(NH3)4 CL2]SO4}\] | 2. 0 |
| C. \[\ce{Na4[Co(S2O3)3]}\] | 3. + 1 |
| D. \[\ce{[Co2(CO)8]}\] | 4. + 2 |
| 5. + 3 |
Oxidation number of carbon in CH2Cl2 is
The complex which has no d electrons in the central atom is:-
Metal attached with EDTA in an octahedral complex, has coordination number ______.
Why chelate complexes are more stable than complexes with unidentate ligands?
What are Heteroleptic complexes?
In the complex ion \[\ce{[CoCl(en)2ONO]+}\], the coordination number and the oxidation number of the central metal ion are ______ and ______.
