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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · Coordination Compounds

The correct order for wavelengths of absorption in the visible region for the following complexes will be

  1. A \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_6\right]^{2+} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{2+} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NO}_2\right)_6\right]^{4-}\)
  2. B \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NO}_2\right)_6\right]^{4-} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_6\right]^{2+} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{2+}\)
  3. C \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_6\right]^{2+} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NO}_2\right)_6\right]^{4-} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{2+}\)
  4. D \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NO}_2\right)_6\right]^{4-} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{2+} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_6\right]^{2+}\)
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(B) \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NO}_2\right)_6\right]^{4-} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_6\right]^{2+} < \left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{2+}\)

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Complexes, (I) \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NH}_3\right)_6\right]^{2+}\), (II) \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}\right)_6\right]^{2+}\) and (III) \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}\left(\mathrm{NO}_2\right)_6\right]^{4-}\) are made of \(\mathrm{Ni}^{2+}\) and ligands…