Question 25.5: Identifying and Drawing Geometric Isomers Draw the structure...
Identifying and Drawing Geometric Isomers
Draw the structures and label the type of all the isomers of [Co(en)_2Cl_2]^+.
| Identifying and Drawing Geometric Isomers | |
| Identify the coordination number and the geometry around the metal. | The ethylenediamine (en) ligand is bidentate, so each occupies two coordination sites. Each Cl^- is monodentate, occupying one site. The total coordination number is 6, so this must be an octahedral complex. |
| Identify if this is cis–trans or fac–mer isomerism. | With ethylenediamine occupying four sites and Cl^- occupying two sites, it fits the general formula MA_4B_2, leading to cis–trans isomers. |
| Draw and label the two isomers. |  |
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