Q49 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, December 2017

Paper: CSIR-NET December 2017 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Organometallic Compounds · Topic: Organometallic Compounds – General · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy

In trigonal prismatic ligand field, the most stabilized d orbital is

(a)$\mathrm{d}_{z^{2}}$

(b)$\mathrm{d}_{\mathrm{xy}}$

(c)$\mathrm{d}_{\mathrm{xz}}$

(d)$\mathrm{d}_{\mathrm{yz}}$

Answer

Answer: A ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence medium

The source book printed D; on checking, A is correct — see the explanation.

Book printed (d).

Explanation

In a trigonal prism dz² (a₁′) is the most stabilised (a).

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