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Answer the following about the coordination compound.
tetraaquadichloridochromium (III) nitrate
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Official answer key| Formula | [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]NO3 |
Cr(III) with four neutral $\mathrm{H_2O}$ and two $\mathrm{Cl^-}$ gives a $+1$ complex ion, balanced by one nitrate.
From ISC 2026 Specimen Chemistry Paper 1, question 4(ii).
Check your working with the Coordination complex analyser: hybridisation, shape, magnetic moment, CFSE, isomers and the IUPAC name of a complex.