The coordination number of cobalt in $\left[ {{\rm{Co}}{{\left( {{\rm{en}}} \right)}_2}{\rm{B}}{{\rm{r}}_2}} \right]{\rm{C}}{{\rm{l}}_2}$ is:

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The coordination number of cobalt in

\left[ {\mathrm{Co}{{\left( {\mathrm{en}} \right)}_2}\mathrm{B}{\mathrm{r}_2}} \right]\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{l}_2}

is:

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Correct option: C

Option C (6) is correct because the coordination number is the number of ligands directly attached to the central metal atom, and in this case, there are two ethylenediamine (en) ligands (each donating 2) and two bromide ions (each donating 1).

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Which has maximum paramagnetic character? Ionization of

\mathrm{K}\left[ {\mathrm{Ag}{{\left( {\mathrm{CN}} \right)}_2}} \right]

will give: The cation that does not form an ammine complex with excess of ammonia is: The complexes

\left[ {\mathrm{PtC}{\mathrm{l}_2}{{\left( {\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{H}_3}} \right)}_4}} \right]\mathrm{B}{\mathrm{r}_2}\mathrm{\;and\;}\left[ {\mathrm{PtB}{\mathrm{r}_2}{{\left( {\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{H}_3}} \right)}_4}} \right]\mathrm{C}{\mathrm{l}_2}\mathrm{\;}

are example for isomerism The correct name of

\left[\mathrm{Pt}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_4 \mathrm{Cl}_2\right]\left[\mathrm{PtCl}_4\right]

is: Which of the following pairs of isomers and types of isomerism are correctly matched?

(I)

\left[{Co}\left({NH}_3\right)_5\left({NO}_2\right)\right] {Cl}_2

and

\left[{Co}\left({NH}_3\right)_5({ONO})\right] {Cl}_2 \ldots \ldots \ldots

Linkage

(II)

\left[{Cu}\left({NH}_3\right)_4\right]\left[{PtCl}_4\right] \,\, \& \,\, \left[{Pt}\left({NH}_3\right)_4\right]\left[{CuCl}_4\right] \ldots \ldots \ldots

Coordinations

(III)

\left[{Pt}\left({NH}_3\right)_4 {Cl}_2\right] {Br}_2 \, \, \& \, \, \left[{Pt}\left({NH}_3\right)_4 {Br}_2\right]{Cl}_2 \ldots \ldots \ldots

Ionization

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