Coordination Compounds

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Out of the following two coordination entities which is chiral (optically active)?
(a)    cis-[CrCl2(ox)2]3+
(b)    [trans-[CrCl2 (ox)2]3–

The two entities are represented as



Fig. Coordination entities.

Out of the two (a) cis-[CrCl2(OX)2]3– is chiral (optically active). 
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