Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation: The charges of the
Concept introduction: Strong ligands produce high crystal field splitting and weak ligands produce small crystal field splitting. High spin complex ions have low crystal field splitting.
To determine: The charges of the
(a)
Answer to Problem 22.49QP
Solution
The charge on
Explanation of Solution
Explanation
The manganese minerals pyrolusite,
The charge on
There is
Substitute the value of number of atoms of manganese and oxygen atoms and charge on the compound in the above equation.
Therefore, the charge on
Manganese is present in two oxidation states
The charge on
There is
Substitute the value of number of atoms of manganese and oxygen atoms and charge on the compound in the above equation.
The charge on
There are
Substitute the value of number of atoms of manganese and oxygen atoms and charge on the compound in the above equation.
Therefore, charge on
(b)
To determine: The compound in which there could be high spin and low spin
(b)
Answer to Problem 22.49QP
Solution
The compound in which there could be high spin and low spin
Explanation of Solution
Explanation
The charge on
The electronic configuration of
Figure 1
There is only high spin state in
The charge on
The electronic configuration of
Figure 2
Three electrons will occupy the lower energy orbital (
In case of low spin state, pairing of electrons takes place. The distribution of electrons is as follows:
Figure 3
All electrons will occupy the lower energy orbital (
Therefore, the compound in which there could be high spin and low spin
Conclusion
The compound in which there could be high spin and low spin
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