Which of the following cannot be explained by crystal field theory?
Solution
CFT does not explain the order of spectrochemical
series because as per CFT, anionic ligands should
exert greatest splitting effect. However, they lie on
lower end of the spectrochemical series.
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Subject: Chemistry · Chapter: Coordination Compounds · Topic: Ligands and Coordination Number
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