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Ch.21 - Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistry

Chapter 21, Problem 21.127a

For each of the following complexes, describe the bonding using valence bond theory. Include orbital diagrams for the free metal ion and the metal ion in the complex. Indicate which hybrid orbitals the metal ion uses for bonding, and specify the number of unpaired electrons. 

(a) [AuCl4]2 (square planar)

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