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Coordination number 4 complexes have two possible geometries: tetrahedral and square planar. The square planar complexes look like a square with the metal ion at the center and the ligands at the four corners.

An example of a square planar complex is the [Pt(NH3)2Cl2] molecule
[Pt(NH3)2Cl2] Square Planar


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