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In solid CuSO4.5H2O copper is coordinated to how many water molecules

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answer is 4.

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In CuSO4.5H2O, four water molecules are coordinated with Cu2+ while one of water molecule bonded with SO42-.

In copper sulfate pentahydrate, the oxidation state of Cu is +2 and the geometry becomes distorted octahedral. 

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