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Q.Write the name of isomerism in the following complexes: [Cu(NH3)4][PtCl4][Cu(NH_3)_4][PtCl_4] and [Pt(NH3)4][CuCl4][Pt(NH_3)_4][CuCl_4]

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Swapping which ligands sit on the cation vs. the anion between two complex-salt formulas is coordination isomerism.

In [Cu(NH3)4][PtCl4][Cu(NH_3)_4][PtCl_4] and [Pt(NH3)4][CuCl4][Pt(NH_3)_4][CuCl_4], both compounds have the same overall composition (2 metal atoms, 4 NH3NH_3, 4 Cl−Cl^-), but the distribution of ligands between the two complex ions is exchanged: in the first, NH3NH_3 ligands are bound to Cu (cation) and Cl−Cl^- to Pt (anion); in the second, this is reversed. This …

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