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What is Octahedral Molecular Orbital Theory about?

Molecular orbital theory can explain properties of transition metal complexes better than crystal field theory by considering interactions between metal and ligand orbitals. For octahedral complexes, molecular orbitals are formed from the combination of metal d-orbitals (dz2, dx2-y2) and ligand orbitals. This results in six bonding and six antibonding molecular orbitals. The dxy, dxz, dyz orbitals remain nonbonding. Bonding interactions split the metal d-orbitals into the lower-energy eг and a1g sets and th

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Sourav Senapati

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