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COMEDK · Chemistry · 24. Coordination Compounds

The species having tetrahedral shape is

  1. A \(\left[\mathrm{PdCl}_4\right]^{2-}\)
  2. B \(\left[\mathrm{Ni}(\mathrm{CN})_4\right]^{2-}\)
  3. C \(\left[\mathrm{Pd}(\mathrm{CN})_4\right]^{2-}\)
  4. D \(\left[\mathrm{NiCl}_4\right]^{2-}\)
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(D) \(\left[\mathrm{NiCl}_4\right]^{2-}\)

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The complex in which size of transition metal is small and ligand is weak field, has tetrahedral shape and \(s p^3\) hybridisation. \(\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{Ni}^{2+}=[\mathrm{Ar}] 3 d^8, 4 s^0 \\ & {\left[\mathrm{NiCl}_4\right]^{2-}=[\mathrm{Ar}] 3 d^8}\end{aligned}\)
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