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Excess aqueous is added to a solution of . The number of moles of precipitated per mole of the complex is

  1. A1
  2. B2
  3. C0
  4. D3

Answer: B

Only the two chloride ions outside the square brackets are free ions. The chloride inside the coordination sphere is bound to cobalt and is not precipitated. Hence 2 mol of form per mole of complex.
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