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Out of the following two coordination entities Which is chiral (optically active)
(a) `cis-[CrCI_(2)(OX)_(2)]^(3-)`
(b) `trans -[CrCI_(2)(OX)_(2))]^(3-)` .

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Out of the two, (a) cis - `[CrCl_(2)(ox)_(2)]^(3-)` is chiral (optically active).
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