All of the following statements concerning crystal field theory are true EXCEPT
a. in low-spin complexes, electrons are concentrated in the dxy, dyz, and dxz orbitals.
b. in an isolated atom or ion, the five d orbitals have identical energy.
c. low-spin complexes contain the maximum number of unpaired electrons.
d. the crystal field splitting is larger in low-spin complexes than high-spin complexes.
e. the energy difference between d orbitals often corresponds to an energy of visible light.
Answer C
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