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Answer the following about the coordination compound.

Write the IUPAC name of ion and draw the structures of its geometrical isomers.

Chemistry20181.5 marksCoordination complex
Write the IUPAC name of $[\text{Co}(\text{en})_2\text{Cl}_2]^+$ ion and draw the structures of its geometrical isomers.

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IUPAC namedichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)cobalt(III) ion
Isomerismgeometrical: 2, optical: yes

Worked out by the server: 2 geometrical isomer(s): trans, cis; optical isomers: yes

IUPAC name: dichloridobis(ethane-1,2-diamine)cobalt(III) ion. It shows two geometrical isomers: cis (the two Cl on adjacent positions, which is also optically active) and trans (the two Cl on opposite positions).
Coordination Compounds

From ISC 2018 Chemistry Paper 1, question 12(b).

Check your working with the Coordination complex analyser: hybridisation, shape, magnetic moment, CFSE, isomers and the IUPAC name of a complex.