Chemistry · Chapter 19

Cis, Trans and the Mirror Test

Reflect a complex, then try to turn the reflection back onto the original. For some complexes a turn works. For a chiral one, nothing works, and the page checks all 24 possible turns to prove it.

Original on the left, your copy on the right drag the view slider to spin both

A complex and a copy you can reflect and turn ORIGINAL YOUR COPY

Which complex M is cobalt or platinum

Which isomer

Act on your copy

Turn it by 90 degrees

Live numbers

6of 6 donors in place matched

Structural isomers, the other family

type 1 of 4
Ionization isomers