Thursday, May 31, 2012

Crystal field theory

Please note that the compound in problems 2 and 3 is not actually real.  The coordination number for the compound as written is 8, which is not possible.  This is because (en) - ethylenediamine is a bidentate ligand.  If (en) were monodentate, it would be octahedral as in problem 3.  This is not actually correct, but the example can still be useful.

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