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MHT CET · Chemistry · Coordination Compounds

Which statement from following is true for a complex hexamine cobalt (III) chloride?

  1. A In this coordination number of cobalt is 9
  2. B In this oxidation state of cobalt is \(+3\)
  3. C It is a heteroleptic complex
  4. D It is an anionic complex
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(B) In this oxidation state of cobalt is \(+3\)

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\(\left[\mathrm{Co}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{3}\right)_{6}\right] \mathrm{Cl}_{3} \rightarrow\) Hexamminecobalt (III) chloride
It is an cationic complex.
Coordination number of \(\mathrm{Co}=6\), Oxidation state of \(\mathrm{Co}=+3\)
It is a homoleptic complex.