JEE Main202227 Jul 2022Evening ShiftChemistryCoordination CompoundsActual
Low oxidation state of metals in their complexes are common when ligands
Options
- Ahave good π -accepting character
- Bhave good σ -donor character
- Care havind good π -donating ability
- Dare havind poor σ -donating ability
Correct answer
A. have good π -accepting character
Step-by-step solution
When metal has low oxidation state, it has more electron density in d orbital. So it has more tendency to back donate electrons. Thus compound must have good π acceptor ligand. π backbonding, also called π backdonation, is when electrons move from an atomic orbital on one atom to an appropriate symmetry antibonding orbital on a π-acceptor ligand.It is especially common in the organometallic chemistry of transition metals with multi-atomic ligands such as carbon monoxide, ethylene or the nitrosonium ca