Splitting d orbitals in an octahedral field of ligands

Figure 1.6 Crystal field splitting of metal ion d orbitals in an octahedral field of ligands.

Bg orbitals The set of orbitals (composed of dr -y and r/j) that results when the energies of the metal-ion d orbitals are split by a ligand field. This set is higher in energy than the other (/ ) set in an octahedral field of ligands and lower in energy in a tetrahedral field. (752)... 

Figure 8-4. Splitting of the d orbitals in an octahedral ligand field.

FIGURE 16.33 The energy levels of the d-orbitals in an octahedral complex, with the ligand field splitting A0. Each box (that is, orbital) can hold two electrons. 

Ligand field theory allows for coordinate bonding and gives the same description for the splitting of d-orbitals in complexes. For example, it predicts the d-orbitals in an octahedral... 

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