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Octahedral Terahedral

Spectrochemical Series

Halogen donors Oxygen donors Nitrogen donors Carbon donors

I– Br – SCN– Cl– S2– F– OH– C2O42– H2O NCS– EDTA4– NH3 en CN – CO

3d Series 4d / 5d Series
Metal (+2) : C Donors Metal (+2)

Metal (+3) : N / C Donors Metal (+3)

Metal (+4) : All ligands are SFL Metal (+4)

Co+3 [ O / N / C Donors ]
Tetrahedral & Square Planar
ZnCl42–
MnO4– d0 d7 d8 d9 d10 Ni(CO)4

3d series (+2 Metal) C.N. = 4 d 8 d9

[ I– to H2O ] [ NH3 to CO ] [Cu(NH3)4]2+


NiCl42– Ni(CN)42–
[Ni(en)2]2+
All Ligands of
3d series (+3/ +4)

4d / 5d series (+2/+3/+4) PtCl42–

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