Ch.21 - Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistry
All textbooksMcMurry 8th EditionCh.21 - Transition Elements and Coordination ChemistryProblem 21.142b
Chapter 21, Problem 21.142b
An alternative to cyanide leaching of gold ores is leaching with thiocyanate ion, which forms a square planar gold(III) complex, [Au(SCN)4]-.
(b) Draw a crystal field energy-level diagram for [Au(SCN)4]-, and predict the number of unpaired electrons.