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Which of the following complexes exhibits a magnetic moment of 1.73 bohr magneton?

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a

TiCl4

b

[NiCl4]

c

[CoCl6]4

d

[Cu(NH3)4]

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

1.73 Bohr magneton implies one unpaired electron according to the expression nm+2PB. The species  Cu,Ni Ti and Co in the complexes have (3d)9,(3d)8,(3d)0  and (3d)7 electronic configurations, respectively. This involve  sp2d,dsp2,sp3 and d2sp3 hybridization respectively. Thus the complex  CuNH342+ has one unpaired electron.

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