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Ligand Fields, Bonding and the Valence Shell

Malcolm Gerloch, Edwin C. Constable

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This chapter contains sections titled: The Nephelauxetic Effect The Spectrochemical Series Bonding in Octahedral Complexes Molecular Orbitals in Diatomic Molecules Molecular Orbitals in Polyatomic Molecules Molecular Orbitals for the Water Molecule The Molecular Orbital Diagram for Octahedral Complexes: Local M – L σ Bonding Charge-Transfer Transitions Metal – Ligand π Bonding Ligand-Field Theory Synergic Back-Bonding Valence Shells in High and Low Oxidation States Electroneutrality and the Elasticity of the d Shell The Bonding Contributions of d Orbitals

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Key concepts: Molecular orbital diagram, Molecular orbital theory, Molecular orbital, Valence bond theory, Ligand field theory, Localized molecular orbitals, Chemistry, Orbital hybridisation