Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

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Chapter 23 - Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry - Exercises - Page 1033: 23.25c

Answer

Coordination number: $6$ Oxidation number: $+3$

Work Step by Step

The ligands ( $(NH_{3})_{4}$ and $Cl_{2}$) that surround the central metal atom $Co$ are (4+2) $6$. Thus, the coordination number is 6. Let us suppose the oxidation number of $Co$ is X. To find the oxidation number, we sum the known oxidation numbers and equal it to the charge on the complex. $NH_{3} = 4 \times (0)$ $Cl_{2} = 2 \times (-1)$ The overall charge is zero on the complex, thus: $X + 4 \times (0) + 2 \times (-1) -1 = 0 $ $X -2 -1 = 0$ $X -3 =0$ $X= +3$ Oxidation number of of $Co = +3 $
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