Maharashtra Board Solutions for Chapter: Coordination Compounds, Exercise 14: Try This

Give VBT description of bonding in the following complex:

 ${\left[{\mathrm{ZnCl}}_4\right]}^{2-}$

Give VBT description of bonding in the following complex:

${\left[\mathrm{Co}{\left({\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\right)}_6\right]}^{3+}$(high spin)

Give VBT description of bonding in the following complex:

${\left[\mathrm{Pt}{\left(\mathrm{CN}\right)}_4\right]}^{2-}$(square planar)

Give VBT description of bonding in the following complex:

${\left[{\mathrm{CoCl}}_4\right]}^{2-}$

Give VBT description of bonding in the following complex:

${\left[\mathrm{Cr}{\left({\mathrm{NH}}_3\right)}_6\right]}^{3+}$

Sketch qualitatively crystal field $\mathrm{d}$-orbital energy level diagram for the following complex:

${\left[\mathrm{Ni}{\left(\mathrm{en}\right)}_3\right]}^{2+}$

Predict whether the complex is diamagnetic or paramagnetic.

Sketch qualitatively crystal field $\mathrm{d}$-orbital energy level diagram for the following complex:

${\left[\mathrm{Mn}{\left(\mathrm{CN}\right)}_6\right]}^{3-}$

Predict whether the complex is diamagnetic or paramagnetic.

Sketch qualitatively crystal field $\mathrm{d}$-orbital energy level diagram for the following complex:

${\left[\mathrm{Fe}{\left({\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\right)}_6\right]}^{2+}$

Predict whether the complex is diamagnetic or paramagnetic.