3: Geometrical isomers (cis and trans)
of [Co(NH3)4Cl2]+
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This type of isomerism also
arises when didentate ligands
L – L [e g , NH2 CH2 CH2 NH2 (en)]
are present in complexes of formula
[MX2(L – L)2] (Fig 5