A-Level CAIE Chemistry A2 28.3.2—d-orbital splitting Question Bank

• Describe the splitting of degenerate d orbitals into two non-degenerate sets of d orbitals of higher energy, and use of Δ E in:: (a) octahedral complexes, two higher and three lower d orbitals; (b) tetrahedral complexes, three higher and two lower d orbitals