Q36 · CSIR-NET Chemistry, June 2013

Paper: CSIR-NET June 2013 · Subject: Inorganic Chemistry · Chapter: Coordination Chemistry · Topic: Term Symbols Spectra · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Easy

The Mulliken symbols for the spectroscopic states arising from the free-ion term F are

(a)$\mathrm{T}_{2 \mathrm{g}}+\mathrm{E}_{\mathrm{g}}$

(b)$\mathrm{T}_{1 \mathrm{g}}+\mathrm{T}_{2 \mathrm{g}}+\mathrm{T}_{1 \mathrm{u}}$

(c)$\mathrm{T}_{1g}+\mathrm{T}_{2g}+\mathrm{A}_{2g}$

(d)$\mathrm{A}_{1g}+\mathrm{T}_{2g}+\mathrm{T}_{1g}$

Answer

Answer: C ✓ checked by 4AB · confidence high

Explanation

An F term splits in an octahedral field into A₂g + T₁g + T₂g.

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