A complex of the type [M(AA)2X2]n+is known

Question:

A complex of the type [M(AA)2X2]n+is known to be optically active. What does this indicate about the structure of the complex? Give one example of such complex.

Solution:

The structure has to be cis-octahedral.

Example for such a complex is [Co(en)2Cl2]+ which is optically active.

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