In a trigonal bipyramidal geometry, the electron pairs from the ligands come in along the z-axis (red) and off axis in the xy-plane (blue) as shown. The crystal field splitting pattern of the d-orbitals looks like this: high energy medium energy low energy Select the two d-orbital designations that you would expect to occupy the two low energy positions. Note: Sub- and super- scripts are not supported in answer choices, so for example: dxy = d-xy %3D

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%3D
d-yz
Od-z^2
O d-x^2-y^2
Od-xz
Od-xy
Transcribed Image Text:Note: Sub- and super- scripts are not supported in answer choices, so for example: dxy = d-xy %3D d-yz Od-z^2 O d-x^2-y^2 Od-xz Od-xy
In a trigonal bipyramidal geometry, the electron pairs from the
ligands come in along the z-axis (red) and off axis in the xy-plane
(blue) as shown.
►y
The crystal field splitting pattern of the d-orbitals looks like this:
high energy
E
medium energy
low energy
Select the two d-orbital designations that you would expect to
occupy the two low energy positions.
Note: Sub- and super- scripts are not supported in answer
choices, so for example: dxy = d-xy
Transcribed Image Text:In a trigonal bipyramidal geometry, the electron pairs from the ligands come in along the z-axis (red) and off axis in the xy-plane (blue) as shown. ►y The crystal field splitting pattern of the d-orbitals looks like this: high energy E medium energy low energy Select the two d-orbital designations that you would expect to occupy the two low energy positions. Note: Sub- and super- scripts are not supported in answer choices, so for example: dxy = d-xy
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