Give a valence bond description of the bonding in each of the following complexes. Include orbital diagrams for the free metal ion and the metal ion in the complex. State which hybrid orbitals of the metal ion uses and the number of unpaired electrons in each complex. Hence determine the magnetism property and the magnetic moment values of each complex. • (1) [Fe(CN),J • (i) [Co(H,0),?* • (ii) [VCI]" (Given atomic number of Fe = 26, Co = 27, V = 23) %3D

Give a valence bond description of the bonding in each of the following complexes. Include orbital diagrams for the free metal ion and the metal ion in the complex. State which hybrid orbitals of the metal ion uses and the number of unpaired electrons in each complex. Hence determine the magnetism property and the magnetic moment values of each complex. • (1) [Fe(CN),J • (i) [Co(H,0),?* • (ii) [VCI]" (Given atomic number of Fe = 26, Co = 27, V = 23) %3D

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Chapter8: Bonding In Transition Metal Compounds And Coordination Complexes

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