White precipitate of AgCl dissolves in aqueous ammonia solution due to formation of

White precipitate of AgCl dissolves in aqueous ammonia solution due to formation of
  1. AgNH34Cl2
  2. AgCl2NH32
  3. AgNH32Cl
  4. AgNH3ClCl

Solution

The white precipitate silver chloride is soluble in ammonia and forms the complex with coordination number 2. The complex formation is shown below.

AgCl(s)+2NH3(aq)AgNH32Cl(aq)

It is ammoniacal silver chloride. 

Asked in: JEE Main 2022 (25 Jun Shift 1)

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