Determine if each of the following metal complexes is chi- ral and therefore has an optical isomer: (a) square planar [Pd(en)(CN),], (b) octahedral [Ni(en)(NH,),]²*, (C) octahe- dral cis-[V(en),CIB1].

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Determine if each of the following metal complexes is chi-
ral and therefore has an optical isomer: (a) square planar
[Pd(en)(CN),], (b) octahedral [Ni(en)(NH,),]²*, (C) octahe-
dral cis-[V(en),CIB1].
Transcribed Image Text:Determine if each of the following metal complexes is chi- ral and therefore has an optical isomer: (a) square planar [Pd(en)(CN),], (b) octahedral [Ni(en)(NH,),]²*, (C) octahe- dral cis-[V(en),CIB1].
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The optical isomers are the compounds in which arrangement of the substitutes in the three dimension is different.Chirality is a property of the compound in which the isomers are non-superimposable.

An optically active coordination compound shows optical isomers. Optical isomers are having same chemical formula and their mirror images are not superimposable on each other.

 

 

 

 

 

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