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Consider the octahedral cation and the related ions. Which statements are correct? One or more options may be correct.

  1. Atrans- is optically inactive because it has a plane of symmetry.
  2. BThe cation has three stereoisomers in total.
  3. Ccis- is optically inactive because its two ligands are identical.
  4. DReplacing the two by a third en gives , which has two stereoisomers.

Answer: A, B, D

trans has mirror planes and is inactive (1 true). cis has no mirror plane or centre of symmetry despite identical , so it is chiral and forms 2 enantiomers; total stereoisomers (2 true, 3 false). is one arrangement existing as 2 enantiomers (4 true).
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