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JEE Main 18 March 2021, Shift 1, Chemistry Q40

Question 40 of 90 in this shift, Chemistry question 10 of 30, Section A.

The correct structures of trans-[NiBr2(PPh3)2]\mathrm{[NiBr_2(PPh_3)_2]} and meridional-[Co(NH3)3(NO2)3]\mathrm{[Co(NH_3)_3(NO_2)_3]}, respectively, are :

The figure, in words

Each option shows a square-planar NiBr2(PPh3)2 structure and an octahedral Co(NH3)3(NO2)3 structure.
  1. (1)[figure: square planar Ni with both PPh3 on the left (top-left, bottom-left) and both Br on the right (top-right, bottom-right); and octahedral Co with NO2 (top), O2N (top-left), NH3 (top-right), O2N (bottom-left), NH3 (bottom), NH3 (bottom-right)]
  2. (2)[figure: square planar Ni with PPh3 top-left, Br top-right, Br bottom-left, PPh3 bottom-right; and octahedral Co with H3N (top-left), NO2 (top), NO2 (top-right), O2N (bottom-left), NH3 (bottom), NH3 (bottom-right)]Official answer
  3. (3)[figure: square planar Ni with PPh3 top-left, Br top-right, Br bottom-left, PPh3 bottom-right; and octahedral Co with H3N (top-left), NO2 (top), NO2 (top-right), H3N (bottom-left), NH3 (bottom), NO2 (bottom-right)]
  4. (4)[figure: square planar Ni with both PPh3 on the left and both Br on the right; and octahedral Co with O2N (top-left), NH3 (top), NH3 (top-right), O2N (bottom-left), NH3 (bottom), NO2 (bottom-right)]

Official answer

Option 2

NTA final key.

Chapter
Coordination Compounds
Topic
Coordination Isomerism
Idea tested
Square Planar Geometry

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