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can you help: "Explain why there are no geometric isomers of tetrahedral complexes.

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If you visualize a tetrahedron in your mind, there is no way to place two atoms (say H and Cl of CH2Cl2) so that the Cl atoms and the H atoms are not next to each other.

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