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Q.Which of the following ions exhibits optical isomerism?
(a) [Cr(NH3)6]3+
(b) [Cr(OX)3]3-
(c) [Fe(CN)6]4-
(d) [CoF6]3-
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Octahedral tris-chelate complexes such as are chiral (like a screw) and show optical isomerism.
Optical isomerism arises in coordination compounds when the complex is chiral, i.e. it is non-superimposable on its mirror image, which typically requires the absence of any internal plane of symmetry. This classically happens in octahedral complexes containing three identical symmetric BIDENTATE ligands, , which can exist as non-superimposable left- and right-handed (Δ and Λ) propeller-shaped forms.
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