Which of the following complexes formed by Nickel is tetrahedral and paramagnetic?

Which of the following complexes formed by Nickel is tetrahedral and paramagnetic?
  1. Ni(CN)42-
  2. Ni(CO)4
  3. Ni(Cl)42-
  4. NiNH362+

Solution

According to the spectrochemical series, the cyanide and carbonyl ligands are the strong field ligands and chloride is a weak field ligand. The nickel with the six ligands formed the octahedral compounds. Nickel with four ligands formed the square planar and tetrahedral compounds. The nickles with strong field ligands formed the square planar complex and tetrahedral with the weak field ligand. Ni(Cl)42- is a tetrahedral complex. It has the Ni2+. It has the configuration of e4t24. So, it has the two unpaired electrons. So, it is a paramagnetic complex.

Hence, the Ni(Cl)42- complexes formed by Nickel is tetrahedral and paramagnetic.

Asked in: AP EAMCET 2021 (20 Aug Shift 1)

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