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MHT CET Chemistry question

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Calculate the coordination number of the metal ion, its oxidation number, the number of electrons in d-orbitals and the number of unpaired electrons in d-orbitals respectively in complex .

Answer: (A)

Solution

Taking sulfite as a chelating (bidentate) ligand the coordination number is 4 + 2 = 6; oxidation number: gives +3, so Co is d and with weak-field HO/SO the

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