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The coordination compound of which one of the following compositions will produce two equivalents of AgCl on reaction with aqueous silver nitrate solution ?

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`CoCl_(3).3 NH_(3)`
`CoCl_(3).6 NH_(3)`
`CoCl_(3).4 NH_(3)`
`CoCl_(3).5 NH_(3)`

SOLUTION :Coordination number of cobalt is 6. To PRODUCE two equivalents of AGCL, two ionizable chlorine should be present which is possible in (d) as `[Co(NH_(3))_(5)Cl]Cl_(2)`.


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