In spectrochemical series chlorine is above than water i.e., Cl > H_2O, this is due to [IIT JEE 2009]

JEE Advanced Chemistry question

In spectrochemical series chlorine is above than water i.e., , this is due to [IIT JEE 2009]

(A)Good -acceptor properties of Cl
(B)Strong -donor and good -acceptor properties of ClCorrect
(C)Good -donor properties of Cl
(D)Larger size of Cl than

Answer: (B)

Solution

This statement from the source is itself an error used as a "correct answer" distractor pairing; per the printed key, option (b) is selected, describing Cl as a strong -donor with some -acceptor character, used by the source to justify Cl appearing above . (Chemically, by the standard

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