Coordination Chemistry

What is ambidentate ligand, and give at least two examples?

What is bridging ligand and give at least two examples?

What is the concept of Valance Bond Theory based on?

According to Valance Bond Theory, what determines the geometry and magnetic properties of complexes?

What is the total number of metal atomic orbitals involved in hybridization for Octahedral complexes?

What does the Valance Bond Theory propose for the formation of a complex?

What are the demerits of Valance Bond Theory?

What causes the removal of degeneracy of the five d orbitals when interacting with discrete point charges?

In an octahedral ligand field, which two orbitals will be destabilized more than the remaining three orbitals?

How is the extent of splitting denoted for the two sets of d-orbitals in an octahedral ligand field?