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How do I find the ground state term symbol for transition metal complexes?
I have a problem where I'm trying to match metal complexes with the proper ground state term symbol. I've tried doing a Google search and looking for a process, but haven't had any luck. I decided ...
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Derivation of the Orgel diagram for octahedral d2 complexes
The Orgel diagram for a typical octahedral $\mathrm{d^2}$ complex is shown below:
(source: Kettle, Physical Inorganic Chemistry, p 146)
I understand that the right-hand half of the graph shows how ...
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How do I determine the crystal field splitting for an arbitrary point group?
How can I figure out the degeneracy of the d orbitals for a site that has a given point group? Specifically I'm interested in $D_{3d}$ and $D_{3h}$, but it would be good to know how to do it in the ...
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