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Important Questions on Coordination Compounds

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The magnetic moment of an octahedral homoleptic Mn(II) complex is 5.9B.M. . The suitable ligand for this complex is:
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The geometries of the ammonia complexes of Ni2+ , Pt2+ and Zn2+ respectively, are :
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The spin only magnetic moment of ZCl42- is 3.87 BM where Z is:
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The difference in the number of unpaired electrons of a metal ion in its high-spin and low-spin octahedral complexes is two. The metal ion is:
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Among NiCO4, NiCl42-, CoNH34Cl2Cl, Na3CoF6, Na2O2 and CsO2, the total number of paramagnetic compounds is
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An octahedral complex of Co3+ is diamagnetic. The hybridisation involved in the formation of the complex is :
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For octahedral MnII and tetrahedral NiII complexes, consider the following statements :

(I) both the complexes can be high spin.

(II) NiII complex can very rarely be of low spin.

(III) with strong field ligands, MnII complexes can be low spin.

(IV) aqueous solution of MnII ions is yellow in color.

The correct statements are :

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The hybridization involved in complex NiCN42- is: (Atomic number of Ni = 28)
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Which one of the following has square planar structure?
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The pair having the same magnetic moment is:

At. No. :Cr=24, Mn=25, Fe=26, Co=27
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The geometry and magnetic property of NiCl42-, respectively, are
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The correct statements among I to III are:
(I) Valence bond theory cannot explain the color exhibited by transition metal complexes.
(II) Valence bond theory can predict quantitatively the magnetic properties of transition metal complexes.
(III) Valence bond theory cannot distinguish ligands as weak and strong field ones.
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The correct statement about the magnetic properties of [Fe(CN)6]3- and [FeF6]3- is : (Z = 26).
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The pair in which both the species have the same magnetic moment (spin only) is:
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The species that has a spin-only magnetic moment of 5.9BM, is :
(Td=tetrahedral)
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The one that can exhibit highest paramagnetic behaviour among the following is : gly= glycinato; bpy=2,2'-bipyridine
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Consider the following complex ions, P, Q and R.

P=FeF63-,Q=VH2O62+, R=FeH2O62+ 

The correct order of the complex ions, according to their spin-only magnetic moment values (in B.M.) is

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Which of these statements about CoCN63- is true?
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The metal's d- orbitals that are directly facing the ligands in K3CoCN6 are: