Let's add some red cobalt chloride to the ethyl alcohol in this beaker.

 

Adding cobalt(II) chloride to ethyl alcohol...

 

Dissolving red form of cobalt(II) chloride in ethyl alcohol produces a blue solution.

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Is the blue color the octahedral hydrate of cobalt(II) chloride?


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