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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