Which of the following complex will show largest splitting of d-orbitals?

Which of the following complex will show largest splitting of d-orbitals?
  1. FeC2O433-
  2. FeF63-
  3. Fe(CN)63-
  4. FeNH363+

Solution

Some ligands are able to produce strong fields in which case, the splitting will be large whereas others produce weak fields and consequently result in a small splitting of d orbitals.

In general, ligands can be arranged in a series called spectrochemical series according to which maximum splitting is done by the strongest ligand which is cyanide (CN-) ion in this case.

 

Asked in: JEE Main 2023 (01 Feb Shift 1)

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