Coordination Compounds Question 11

Question 11 - 2024 (30 Jan Shift 1)

Aluminium chloride in acidified aqueous solution forms an ion having geometry

(1) Octahedral

(2) Square Planar

(3) Tetrahedral

(4) Trigonal bipyramidal

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Answer (1)

Solution

$\mathrm{AlCl}{3}$ in acidified aqueous solution forms octahedral geometry $\left[\mathrm{Al}\left(\mathrm{H}{2} \mathrm{O}\right)_{6}\right]^{3+}$