Coordination Compounds — JEE Main PYQs

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  1. The calculated magnetic moments (spin only value) for species , and respectively are:
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  2. Spin only magnetic moment of an octahedral complex of in the presence of a strong field ligand in BM is :
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  3. Which one of the following species doesn't have a magnetic moment of 1.73 BM, (spin only value)?
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  4. An aqueous solution of was heated with excess sodium cyanide in presence of strong oxidizing agent to form . The total change in number of unpaired electrons on metal centre is ____ .
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  5. The number of optical isomers possible for is ____.
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  6. The hybridization and magnetic nature of and , respectively are:
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  7. The total number of unpaired electrons present in and is ___.
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  8. Number of bridging CO ligands in is ____
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  9. Acidic ferric chloride solution on treatment with excess of potassium ferrocyanide gives a Prussian blue coloured colloidal species. It is:
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  10. 1 mol of an octahedral metal complex with formula on reaction with excess of gives 1 mol of AgCl . The denticity of Ligand L is ____ (integer answer)
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  11. The number of moles of , that must be added to 2 L of in order to reduce the concentration of ions to ( for ) is ______. (Nearest intege …
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  12. The number of stereoisomers possible for

    ____
    [ox = oxalate]
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  13. Spin only magnetic moment in BM of [Fe(CO)₄(C₂O₄)]⁺ is :
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  14. The denticity of an organic ligand, biuret is :
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  15. The number of geometrical isomers found in the metal complexes , , and …
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  16. The type of hybridisation and magnetic property of the complex , respectively, are:
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  17. The number of geometrical isomers possible in triamminetrinitrocobalt(III) is X and in trioxalatochromate(III) is Y. Then the value of is ______.
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  18. Which one of the following species responds to an external magnetic field?
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  19. Three moles of AgCl get precipitated when one mole of an octahedral co-ordination compound with empirical formula reacts with excess of silver nitrate. The number of chloride ions satisfying the secon …
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  20. Given below are two statements:
    Statement I : and ared hybridised
    Statement II : …
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  21. 3 moles of metal complex with formula , gives 3 moles of silver chloride on treatment with excess of silver nitrate. The secondary valency of Co in the complex is ____. (Round off to the Nearest Integer).
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  22. The Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE) and magnetic moment (spin-only) of an octahedral aqua complex of a metal ion are and 3.87 BM, respectively. Identify :
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  23. The potassium ferrocyanide solution gives a Prussian blue colour, when added to:
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  24. The sum of oxidation states of two silver ions in complex is ____.
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  25. The equivalents of ethylene diamine required to replace the neutral ligands from the coordination sphere of the trans-complex of . is ____ .
    (Round off to the Nearest Integer).
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  26. absorbs light of wavelength 498 nm during a d-d transition. The octahedral splitting energy for the above complex is _____ . (Round off to the nearest integer). …
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  27. The secondary valency and the number of hydrogen bonded water molecule(s) in respectively, are:
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  28. Match List - I with List - II:
    List - I
    List - II
    (a)
    (i) Linkage isomerism
    (b)
    (ii) Solv …
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  29. On complete reaction of with oxalic acid in aqueous solution containing KOH, resulted in the formation of product A. The secondary valency of Fe in the product A is ______.
    (Round off to the nearest integer).
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  30. Match List - I with List - II

    List - I:
    (a) Chlorophyll
    (b) Vitamin -
    (c) Anticancer drug
    (d) Grubbs catalyst

    List - II:
    (i) Ruthenium
    (ii) Platinum
    (iii) Cobalt
    (iv) Magnesium

    Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
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  31. The correct structures of trans- and meridonial-, respectively, are :
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  32. The total number of unpaired electrons present in the complex is ____ .
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  33. The spin only magnetic moments (in BM) for free Ti³⁺, V²⁺ and Sc³⁺ ions respectively are (At. No. Sc: 21; Ti: 22; V: 23)
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  34. Which one of the following metal complexes is most stable? [coordination-complex formulas shown as options in source]
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  35. The theory that can completely/properly explain the nature of bonding in is
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  36. The IUPAC name of the complex is is
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  37. The number of possible optical isomers for the complexes with and hybridized metal atom, respectively is:
    [Note: A and B are unidentate neutral and unidentate monoanionnic ligands, respectively]
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  38. Among the statements , the incorrect ones are:
    (a) Octahedral Co (III) complexes with strong field ligands have very high magnetic moments
    (b) When , the d-electron configuration of Co (III) in an octahedral complex is …
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  39. The complex that can show fac- and mer-isomers is :
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  40. The volume (in mL ) of required to quantitatively precipitate chloride ions in 0.3 g of is ____ …
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  41. Among (a) - (d), the complexes that can display geometrical isomerism are:
    (a)
    (b)
    (c) …
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  42. The correct order of the calculated spin-only magnetic moments of complexes (A) to (D) is :
    (a)
    (b)
    (c) …
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  43. Complexes of metals Ni and Fe have ideal square pyramidal and trigonal bipyramidal geometries, respectively. The sum of the and angles in the two complexes is ____
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  44. The correct order of the spin-only magnetic moments of the following complexes is:
    (I)
    (II)
    (III) …
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  45. The isomer (s) of that has/have a angle of , is/are :
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  46. If the magnetic moment of a dioxygen species is , it may be:
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  47. has number of geometrical isomers. Then, the spin-only magnetic moment and crystal field stabilisation energy [CFSE] of , respectively, are:
    [Note: Ignore the pairing energy]
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  48. Complex X of composition has a spin only magnetic moment of 3.83 BM. It reacts with and shows geometrical isomerism. The IUPAC nomenclature of X is:
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  49. Consider the complex ions, trans and cis (B). The correct statement regarding them is:
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  50. Considering that , the magnetic moment (in BM ) of would be
    ____ .
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