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Given below are two statements: Statement I: A homoleptic octahedral complex, formed using monodentate ligands, will not show stereoisomerism. Statement II: cis- and trans- platin are heteroleptic complexes of Pd. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- AStatement I is true but Statement II is false
- BBoth Statement I and Statement II are true
- CBoth Statement I and Statement II are false
- DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
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Correct answer: A
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Analyze Statement I
Statement I: A homoleptic octahedral complex, formed using monodentate ligands, will not show stereoisomerism.
- Homoleptic means all ligands are identical.
- Octahedral complex with monodentate ligands has the general form:
- Since all six ligands are the same, there is no possibility of:
- geometrical isomerism (no different relative arrangement of unlike ligands),
- optical isomerism (for a simple homoleptic octahedral complex, symmetry prevents chirality).
Therefore, Statement I is true.
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Analyze Statement II
Statement II: cis- and trans- platin are heteroleptic complexes of Pd.
- cis-platin and trans-platin are:
- These are complexes of Pt (platinum), not Pd (palladium).
- They are indeed heteroleptic because they contain two different kinds of ligands: and .
- But the metal mentioned in the statement is wrong.
Therefore, Statement II is false.
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Choose the correct option
- Statement I: True
- Statement II: False
Hence, the correct option is:
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Comparison with stored answer
Stored correct answer: A
My derived answer matches the stored answer.
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