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Precipitate AgCl2 dissolves in dilute NH3 solution .observations and equations?

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Precipitate AgCl2 dissolves in dilute NH3 solution .observations and equations?

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  1. Yes, Ag forms a complex, but the complex is a soluble cation and Cl is a soluble anion, hence AgCl dissolves.


  2. It doesn't dissolve it forms a complex ion  Ag(NH3)2 +1

    The stability series of silver with anions is as follows. The more stable species are on the right:

    AgOH(s) < AgCl(s) < Ag(NH3)2 +1 < AgI(s)

    Equation would be: AgCl2(s) + 2NH3(aq) --> Ag(NH3)2 +1(aq)   + 2Cl-(aq)

    The appearance of  Ag(NH3)2 +1 would be cloudy brown precipitate as I have observed in qualitative chemistry

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