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JEE Main Chemistry question

ChemistryCoordination CompoundsJEE Main

**Statement 1:** ion is a weak ligand and forms an outer orbital complex. **Statement 2:** ion cannot force the electrons of and orbitals to occupy the , , orbitals of the same shell.

Answer: (A)

Solution

Both statements are true. Because is a weak-field ligand, it does not supply enough crystal-field splitting energy to force the electrons () to pair up and vacate those orbitals in favour of the inner

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