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Coordination Compounds

Question
CBSEENCH12007432

Out of the following two coordination entities which is chiral (optically active)?
(a)    cis-[CrCl2(ox)2]3+
(b)    [trans-[CrCl2 (ox)2]3–

Solution
The two entities are represented as



Fig. Coordination entities.

Out of the two (a) cis-[CrCl2(OX)2]3– is chiral (optically active).