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Chemistry: Post your doubts here!

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Also Holmes this is actually the correct explanation
well you can only have two isomers
cis and trans
and for the cis isomer, there will be two optical isomers since there is also a bidentate ligand present
THIS IS TRANS
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THE ONES BELOW ARE BOTH CIS AND MIRROR IMAGES OF EACH OTHER...THE LINE IN BETWEEN IS THE MIRROR
THIS KIND OF ISOMERISM IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN BIDENTATE LIGANDS ARE ALSO PRESENT
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Great shot
 
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This one too.
well the first one shows both: optical due to bidentates and cis trans because there are pairs of two types of ligands.
the 2nd one shows only cis trans since its square planar
the 3rd one shows neither becuz the shape is tetrahedral so no cis trans and secondly not all the ligands are different so optical cant be shown either
 
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well the first one shows both: optical due to bidentates and cis trans because there are pairs of two types of ligands.
the 2nd one shows only cis trans since its square planar
the 3rd one shows neither becuz the shape is tetrahedral so no cis trans and secondly not all the ligands are different so optical cant be shown either
cis trans is only in planar ones?
 
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