Stability of Fully Filled and Half Filled Orbitals
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Question
3 moles of metal complex with formula Co(en)2Cl3 gives 3 moles of silver chloride on treatment with excess of silver nitrate. The secondary valency of Co in the complex is ______. (Round off to the Nearest integer).
A
6.0
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B
6.00
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C
6
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Solution
Each mole of complex gives one mole of AgCl which indicates two chloride ions present in coordination sphere, So, the complex is [Co(en)2Cl2]Cl having a coordination number of 6. Secondary valency is equal to the coordination number.