JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryCoordination CompoundsJEE Main

dissolves in ammonia, forming a complex. The coordination number of copper in the complex is

Answer: $2$

Solution

CuCl + 2NH_3 \rightarrow [Cu(NH_3)_2]^+ + Cl^-; () is -hybridised, linear, CN = 2.

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