Chapter 22.1, Problem 1PPC

Interpretation: The bond between the transition metal and the non-metals are covalent rather than ionic bond, the reason to be interpreted.

Interpretation Introduction

Concept Introduction:

Spectrochemical series: The list of ligands arranged in an ascending order of $\left(\text{Δ}\right)$ the splitting of d-orbitals in presence of various ligands).

$\begin{array}{l}\stackrel{{}^{{\text{I}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{Br}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{SCN}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{Cl}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{S}}^{\text{2-}}\text{<}{\text{F}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{OH}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{O}}^{\text{2-}}\text{<}{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}\text{O}\text{<}{\text{NCS}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}{\text{edta}}^{\text{4-}}\text{<}{\text{NH}}_{\text{3}}\text{< en}\text{<}{\text{NO}}^{\text{2-}}\text{<}{\text{CN}}^{\text{-}}\text{<}\text{CO}}}{\to }\\ {}_{{}^{{}^{\begin{array}{l}\text{weak-field}\text{increasing(Δ)}\text{strong-field}\\ \text{ligands}\text{ligands}\end{array}}}}\end{array}$

Crystal field splitting: The energy gap between the splitting of d-orbitals of the metal ion in presence of ligands is known as the crystal field splitting $\left(\text{Δ}\right)$. The magnitude of $\left(\text{Δ}\right)$ is depends on the nature of metal ions and the ligands.

To Identify: The bond between the transition metal and the non-metals are covalent rather than ionic bond, the reason to be interpreted.