How can I draw the structures of all the geometric isomers of $[Ru(H_2O)_2(NH_3)_2Cl_2]^+$ . What are the mirror images of any of these chiral molecules?

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Answer 1 · 2015-07-10T20:42:42

$["Ru(H"_2"O")_2("NH"_3)_2"Cl"_2]^+$ has five geometric isomers, of which the all-cis isomer is chiral.

$["Ru(H"_2"O")_2("NH"_3)_2"Cl"_2]^+$ is an octahedral complex of the type $"MA"_2"B"_2"C"_2$ .

Let $"A" = "H"_2"O"$ , $"B" = "NH"_3$ , and $"C" = "Cl"$ .

There are five isomers:

(1) trans- $"A"$ , trans- $"B"$ , trans- $"C"$

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(2) trans- $"A"$ , cis- $"B"$ , cis- $"C"$

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(3) cis- $"A"$ , trans- $"B"$ , cis- $"C"$

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(4) cis- $"A"$ , cis- $"B"$ , trans- $"C"$

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(5) cis- $"A"$ , cis- $"B"$ , cis- $"C"$

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The all-cis isomer is not superimposable on its mirror image. It exists as a pair of enantiomers.

How can I draw the structures of all the geometric isomers of [Ru(H_2O)_2(NH_3)_2Cl_2]^+[Ru(H_2O)_2(NH_3)_2Cl_2]^+ . What are the mirror images of any of these chiral molecules?