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NEET · Chemistry · STD 12 - 5. Co-ordination chemistry

Which of the following is the correct order of increasing field strength of ligands to form coordination compounds?

  1. A \(CN ^{-}< C _{2} O _{4}\,^{2-}< SCN ^{-}< F ^{-}\)
  2. B \(SCN ^{-}< F ^{-}< C _{2} O _{4}\,^{2-}< CN ^{-}\)
  3. C \(SCN ^{-}< F ^{-}< CN ^{-}< C _{2} O _{4}\,^{2-}\)
  4. D \(F ^{-}< SCN ^{-}< C _{2} O _{4}\,^{2-}< CN ^{-}\)
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(B) \(SCN ^{-}< F ^{-}< C _{2} O _{4}\,^{2-}< CN ^{-}\)

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According to spectrochemical series.