Which of the following does not have optical isomer?

Question

Which of the following does not have optical isomer? (A)  [Co(NH3)3Cl3]  (B)  [Co(en3)3]Cl2  (C)  [Co(en2)Cl2]Cl  (D)  [Co(en)(NH3)2Cl2]Cl

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Octahedral complexes of type [Ma2b2c2] and [Mabcdef], [M(AA)3], [M(AA)2a2], [M(AA)a2b2],[M(AA)2ab] and [M(AA)3] show optical isomerism due to asymmetric molecules, octahedral complex of type [Ma4b2] and [Ma3b3] do not show optical isomerism

Q. Which of the following does not have optical isomer?

$[C o (N H_{3})_{3} C l_{3}]$

$[C o (e n_{3})_{3}] C l_{2}$

$[C o (e n_{2}) C l_{2}] Cl$

$[C o (e n) (N H_{3})_{2} C l_{2}] Cl$

Q. Which of the following does not have optical isomer?

[Co(NH3​)3​Cl3​]

[Co(en3​)3​]Cl2​

[Co(en2​)Cl2​]Cl

[Co(en)(NH3​)2​Cl2​]Cl

Octahedral complexes of type [Ma2​b2​c2​] and [Mabcdef], [M(AA)3​],[M(AA)2​a2​], [M(AA)a2​b2​],[M(AA)2​ab] and [M(AA)3​] show optical isomerism due to asymmetric molecules, octahedral complex of type [Ma4​b2​] and [Ma3​b3​] do not show optical isomerism

$[C o (N H_{3})_{3} C l_{3}]$

$[C o (e n_{3})_{3}] C l_{2}$

$[C o (e n_{2}) C l_{2}] Cl$

$[C o (e n) (N H_{3})_{2} C l_{2}] Cl$