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Optical Isomerism in Octahedral Coordination of Bidentate Ligands

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Question

Among the following complexes, the one that can exist as facial(fac) and meridional(mer) isomers is:

[C o (N O_{2})_{3} (N H_{3})_{3}]

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K_{3} [F e (C N)_{6}]

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[C o (H_{2} O)_{2} (N H_{3})_{4}] C l_{3}

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[C o C l (N H_{3})_{5}] C l_{2}

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Solution

The correct option is A $[C o (N O_{2})_{3} (N H_{3})_{3}]$
[ $C o (N O_{2})_{3} (N H_{3})_{3}$ ] is the complex, that can exist as facial (fac) and meridional(mer) isomer since it is of the form $[M A_{3} B_{3}]$ complex.

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