WBJEE · Chemistry · Coordination Compounds
Which of the following compounds does not exhibit optical isomerism?
en = ethylenediamine).
- A \(\operatorname{cis}-\left[\mathrm{CrCl}_{2}(\mathrm{Ox})_{2}\right]^{3-}\)
- B \(\left[\mathrm{Co}(\mathrm{en})_{3}\right]^{3+}\)
- C \(\operatorname{trans}-\left[\mathrm{CrCl}_{2}(\mathrm{ox})_{2}\right]^{3-}\)
- D \(\left[\mathrm{Co}(\mathrm{O} \mathrm{x})(\mathrm{en})_{2}\right]^{+}\)
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(D) \(\left[\mathrm{Co}(\mathrm{O} \mathrm{x})(\mathrm{en})_{2}\right]^{+}\)
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trans \(\left[\mathrm{CrCl}_{2}(\mathrm{ox})_{2}\right]^{3-} \quad\) isomer-optically inactive (superimposable mirror images and plane of symmetry). \(\left.\mathrm{cis}-\mathrm{CrCl}_{2}(\mathrm{ox})_{2}\right]^{3-},\left[\mathrm{Co}(\mathrm{en})_{3}\right]^{3+}\) and…
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