NEET 2009 Chemistry question

ChemistryCoordination CompoundsNEET 2009

Which of the following complex ions is expected to absorb visible light?

Answer: (2)

Solution

A complex absorbs visible light through d-d transitions, which are possible only when the metal ion has partly filled d orbitals. : Cr is , with partly filled d orbitals, so it absorbs visible light (it is

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