Question

The equivalents of Ethylene diamine required to replace the neutral ligands from the coordination sphere of the trans-complex of ${\mathrm{CoCl}}_3.4{\mathrm{NH}}_3$ is __________. (Round off to the nearest Integer).

Answer 1

The compound ${\mathrm{CoCl}}_3.4{\mathrm{NH}}_3$ can be written as $\left[\mathrm{CO}{\left({\mathrm{NH}}_3\right)}_4{\mathrm{Cl}}_2\right]\mathrm{Cl}$.

The equivalents of Ethylene diamine required to replace the neutral ligands from the coordination sphere of the trans-complex are:

The equivalents of Ethylene diamine required to replace the neutral ligands from the coordination sphere of the trans-complex of ${\mathrm{CoCl}}_3.4{\mathrm{NH}}_3$ is 2.