NCERT Class XII Chemistry
Chapter - Coordination Compounds
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Question : 35
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Indicate the types of isomerism exhibited by the following complexes and draw the structures for these isomers :
(i) K[Cr(H2O)2(C2O4)2]
(ii) [Co(en)3]Cl3
(iii) [Co(NH3)5(NO2)](NO3)2
(iv) [Pt(NH3)(H2O)Cl2]
Solution:  
(i) Both geometrical (cis-, trans-) and optical isomers (for cis) canexist.
(ii) Two optical isomers can exist.(ii) Two optical isomers can exist.
(iii) Ionization isomers :
[Co(NH3)5(NO2)](NO3)2,[Co(NH3)5(NO3)](NO2)(NO3)
Linkage isomers : [Co(NH3)5(NO2)](NO3)2,[Co(NH3)5(ONO)](NO3)2
(iv) Geometrical (cis-, trans-) isomers can exist.
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