A six-coordinate complex of formula CrCl3.6H2O has green color. A 0.1 M solution of the complex, when treated with an excess of AgNO3, gave 28.7 g of a white precipitate. The formula of the complex would be___________.
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B) Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2.2H2O is the response.
Six ligands, six water molecules, and one chloride ion make up the complex. AgNO3 treatment of the complex causes the chloride ions to react with the Ag+ ions, forming the precipitate AgCl. With a mass of 28.7 g, the precipitate is equal to 0.2 moles of AgCl. There must be 0.2 moles of chloride ions in the complex because there is one mole of chloride ion in every mole of AgCl. This indicates that the complex contains two chloride ions that are coordinated to the central Cr atom. Water molecules make up the other four ligands.
Therefore, the formula of the complex is Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2.2H2O.
Because the other choices lack the proper quantity of chloride ions, they are incorrect. Three chloride ions are present in option A, four in option C, and six in option D.
B) Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2.2H2O is the response.
Six ligands, six water molecules, and one chloride ion make up the complex. AgNO3 treatment of the complex causes the chloride ions to react with the Ag+ ions, forming the precipitate AgCl. With a mass of 28.7 g, the precipitate is equal to 0.2 moles of AgCl. There must be 0.2 moles of chloride ions in the complex because there is one mole of chloride ion in every mole of AgCl. This indicates that the complex contains two chloride ions that are coordinated to the central Cr atom. Water molecules make up the other four ligands.
Therefore, the formula of the complex is Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2.2H2O.
Because the other choices lack the proper quantity of chloride ions, they are incorrect. Three chloride ions are present in option A, four in option C, and six in option D.