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Tetrahedral complexes - LFSE?

why is it that d5 octahedral complexes may exist in either high spin or low spin configurations, but d5 tetrahedral complexes are always in a high spin configuration?

i know that almost all tetrahderal complexes are high spin.

how can I explain the above question using CFSE splitting diagram?

thank you
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Original post by Bloom77
why is it that d5 octahedral complexes may exist in either high spin or low spin configurations, but d5 tetrahedral complexes are always in a high spin configuration?

i know that almost all tetrahderal complexes are high spin.

how can I explain the above question using CFSE splitting diagram?

thank you


Δt49Δo\Delta_{t} \approx \frac49 \Delta_{o}
Original post by alow
Δt49Δo\Delta_{t} \approx \frac49 \Delta_{o}


thanks!

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