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Title: Which of the following cannot form both high and low octahedral complexes Cr2 ,
Post by: pragyan89 on Mar 9, 2016
which of the following cannot form both high and low octahedral complexes Cr2 ,


Title: Re: Which of the following cannot form both high and low octahedral complexes Cr2 ,
Post by: bolbol on Nov 28, 2023
The ion that cannot form both high and low octahedral complexes is Cr3+. The electron configuration of Cr3+ is d3, which means that it has only three electrons in the d-orbitals. Therefore, it can only form a low-spin octahedral complex.

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