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4-COORDINATE
COMPLEXES
Four-coordinate
complexes:
• Square
planar complexes possess either
a plane of symmetry, a 2-fold rotation axis or are superimposable and therefore
will not be chiral.
a plane of symmetry, a 2-fold rotation axis or are superimposable and therefore
will not be chiral.
• Tetrahedral
complexes will be chiral
if
all ligands are different.
eg.
[Zn(H2O)(NH3)(OH)Cl]
all ligands are different.
eg.
[Zn(H2O)(NH3)(OH)Cl]
