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Crystal-Field Theory

• The complex metal ion has a lower energy than the separated metal and ligands.

• In an octahedral field, the five d orbitals do not have the same energy: three degenerate orbitals are higher energy than two degenerate orbitals.

• The energy gap between them is called _, the crystal field splitting energy.

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