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show that all octahedral complexes of Ni2+ must be outer orbital complexes .

show that all octahedral complexes of Ni2+ must be outer orbital complexes .

Grade:12th pass

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Vikas TU
14149 Points
4 years ago
Dear student 
Ni : [Ar] 3d84s2
Ni2+: [Ar] 3d8
Now if we consider pairing up of electrons, the hybridisation will be dsp4but there is no such hybridisation. Hence, the hybridisation will have to be sp3d2i.e. they must be outer orbital complexes.
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