JEE Main 2014 — Coordination Compounds Question with Solution
JEE Main 2014 (06 Apr)
Question
The octahedral complex of a metal ion with four monodentate ligands absorb wavelengths in the region of red, green, yellow and blue, respectively. The increasing order of ligand strength of the four ligands is
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Step-by-step explanation
The colors of wavelengths are absorbed in decreasing order of wavelengths.
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As the order of ligand field strength provides the order of relative crystal field splitting energies.
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As the order of ligand field strength provides the order of relative crystal field splitting energies.
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