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Identify the type of Isomerism existing in between the following compounds.
[Co(NH3)sNO2] and [Co(NH3)sONO2]Cl2

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LINKAGE ISOMERS as nitrate is a ambidentate ligand. It is a monodentate ligand having two donating sites, in complex 1 N- donates lone pair and in complex 2 oxygen donates hence they are Linkage isomers of each other.
The isomers formed due to ambidentate ligand are called as Linkage Isomers.

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