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ChemistryCoordination ChemistryIsomerismMedium2 minPYQ_2008
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Statement 1 The geometrical isomer of the complex are optically inactive. Statement 2 Both geometrical isomers of the complex possess axis of symmetry.

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There are plane of symmetry in addition to that there is alternate axis of symmetry which also causes their optical inactivity. A molecule possesses fold alternating axis of symmetry, if when rotated through an angle of about the axis and then followed by reflection in a plane perpendicular to the axis, the molecule is indistinguishable from the original molecule.

Subject:ChemistryTopic:Coordination ChemistrySubtopic:Isomerism
2mℹ️ Source: PYQ_2008

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