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Grade 12th passInorganic Chemistry

When a ligand approaches to an octahedral complex, the degenerate ‘d’ orbitals undergoes splitting.
What will be the observation?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
The energy of dx²-y² and dz² orbitals (eg set) increases by 3/5Δ0 and that of dxy, dyz and dxz orbitals (t2g set) decreases by 2/5 Δ0.

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