Ground block metals

A representative molecular orbital diagram for an octahedral d-block metal complex ML6 is shown in Figure 1.8. The MOs are classified as bonding (oL and ttL), nonbonding (jtM) and antibonding (o, nl and ). The ground-state electronic configuration of an octahedral complex... 

Due to proposals that adjacent d and p orbitals can overlap to form delocalized band-type orbitals either in the ground state or the excited state 1-4), there has been much interest in the synthesis and properties of structures whose skeletal frameworks consist of covalently bonded metal atoms. However, early attempts at the rational synthesis of oligomers and polymers containing a mix of d- and p-block metals were frustrated by the general lack of synthetic methodology that can be used to prepare metal-metal bonds under relatively mild conditions, and by the... 

The colours of fi -block metal compounds are a characteristic feature of species with ground state electronic configurations other than and For example. 

What term or terms arise from a configuration, and what is the ground state term Give an example of a first row ( -block metal ion with this configuration. 

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