Post Lab - Synthesizing and Investigating Cobalt Complexes: UV-Vis and Structure-Property Relationships

Synthesizing and Investigating Cobalt Complexes: UV-Vis and Structure-Property Relationships

Post-Lab Activity

When the orbitals on the metal and ligand interact, molecular orbitals are formed. Looking at the orbitals themselves can be very complicated so we use molecular orbital diagrams to depict the molecular orbitals being formed. Below is a generic molecular orbital diagram illustrating the bonding between a metal (M) and six monodentate ligands (L). The y-axis represents potential energy and is typically not included when the diagrams are drawn.

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When the orbitals on the metal and ligand interact, molecular orbitals are formed. Looking at the orbitals themselves can be very complicated so we use molecular orbital diagrams to depict the molecular orbitals being formed.

Below is a generic molecular orbital diagram illustrating the bonding between a metal (M) and six monodentate ligands (L). The y-axis represents potential energy and is typically not included when the diagrams are drawn.

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