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anor277
Feb 1, 2018

Well I would say SIX.....

Explanation:

You have potentially got a tris-chelato complex.....#"en"-="ethylenediamine"-=H_2NCH_2CH_2NH_2# is a bidentate ligand, and with three such ligands the nitrogen donors would bind effectively to the cobalt(II) core....occupying the six coordination sites....

And the complex you would isolate is #[Co(en)_3]^(2+)Cl_2^(-)#. Note that this complex is potentially chiral, and could be isolated as optical isomers....given a lot of work.

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