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Isomers in coordination chemistry include many types. In structural isomers hydrate or solvent isomers, ionisation isomers and coordination isomers have same overall formula but have different ligands attached to the central atom or ion.
The terms linkage isomerism or ambidentate isomerism are used for cases of bonding through different atoms of the same ligand.
Stereoisomers have the same ligands, but differ in the geometric arrangement of the ligands.
complex has two geometrical forms (I) Facial (II) Meridional then which of the following statement is INCORRECT :
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The complex exhibits facial (fac) and meridional (mer) isomers. Facial isomers have three identical ligands on one triangular face of the octahedron, with all ligand-ligand angles at . Meridional isomers have three identical ligands in a plane passing through the central metal ion, with two ligands at and one at . Neither the fac nor the mer isomer of is optically active because they both possess planes of symmetry. Therefore, statement D is incorrect.
