APPLICATION OF VALENCE BOND THEORY (Octahedral complex)
APPLICATION
OF VALENCE BOND THEORY:
1)Octahedral Complex:
a)[Fe(CN)6]3-complex:
In this ion
coordination number of Fe atom is six and hence the given complex ion is
octahedral in shap.In this ion,Fe is present as Fe3+ ion whose
valence-shell configuration is 3d5,according to hund’s rule ,each of
the five electron in 3d- orbitals is unpaired in free Fe3+ion and
hence the number of unpaired electron(n) is equal to 5.how ever ,magnetic study
of [Fe(CN)6]3-
ion
has shown that this ion has one unpaired electron(n).Hence is paramagnetic.
b)[FeF6]3-
complex:
In this ion, the
coordination number of Fe is six and hence the given complex ion has octahedral
geometry.Here iron is present as Fe3+ whose valence shell electronic
confriguration is 3d54s04p0.Each of the five
electron is unpaired and hence n=5 .Magnetic properties of the given ion have
also shown that the ion has five unpaired electrons and hence paramagnetic
corresponding to presence of five unpaired electron.

