Tuesday, December 30, 2008

5 11 1 28 Chrystal Field Theory

ligands as negative point charges interacting with d-orbitals of the metal
Crystal Field splitting diagram
Crystal Field splitting energy $\Delta_o$ (octahedral ligands) ... gap between destabilied-stabilized level
Crystal Field stabilization energy (CFSE)
"high spin" system "low spin" system (maximum # of pairs)


Lec 28 | MIT 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2005

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