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The coordination compounds are of great importance. These compounds are widely present in the mineral, plants and animal world and are known to play many important functions in the area of analytical chemistry, metallurgy, biological systems, industry and medicine. For example, coordination compounds find use in many qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Some important metal extraction and purification make use of complex formation. Hardness of water can be estimated by stable complex formation of $ \text{Ca}^{2+}$ and $\text{Mg}^{2+} $

From which coordination complex, gold is recovered by reducing this complex with Zn?

$ [\text{Au}(\text{CN})_2]^{-} $

The correct answer is Option (1) → $ [\text{Au}(\text{CN})_2]^{-} $

Gold combines with cyanide ion in the presence of oxygen and water to form a coordination entity.

$ [\text{Au}(\text{CN})_2]^{-} $