24. Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds
Magnetic Properties of Complex Ions
Accomplish the following to give a valence bond description of [Fe(H2O)2F4]2- (high-spin):
i. Sketch the orbital diagram for the free metal ion and the orbital diagram for the metal ion in the coordination complex.
ii. Determine the hybrid orbitals used by the metal.
iii. Count the number of unpaired electrons.