MHT CET 2022 Chemistry question

How many hybride orbitals of colbalt ion are involved in formation of hexaammine cobalt (III) chloride complex?

(A)6Correct
(B)3
(C)2
(D)4

Answer: (A)

Solution

In cobalt is in the +3 state (). is a strong field ligand, so the six d-electrons pair up in three orbitals leaving two orbitals empty. Two , one and three orbitals

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