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JEE Mains · Chemistry · STD 12 - 5. Co-ordination chemistry

The equivalents of ethylene diamine required to replace the neutral ligands from the coordination sphere of the trans-complex of \(CoCl _{3} \cdot 4 NH _{3}\) ............ is (Round off to the Nearest Integer).

  1. A \(1\)
  2. B \(5\)
  3. C \(2\)
  4. D \(6\)
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(C) \(2\)

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trans \(- CoCl _{3} \cdot 4 NH _{3}\) or \(\operatorname{trans}-\left[ Co \left( NH _{3}\right)_{4} Cl _{2}\right] C \ell\) As we know that ethylene diamine is a bidentate ligand and ammonia is a mono dentate ligand. It means overall two ethylene diamine is required to replace…
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