Question
Question: Which transition metal can form both a high and low spin complex? \[Z{n^{2 + }},C{u^{2 + }},M{n^{3 +...
Which transition metal can form both a high and low spin complex? Zn2+,Cu2+,Mn3+,Ti2+.
Solution
All that you must know is the concept of the crystal Field Theory of the transition metal and their classification.
You must understand the concept of low spin and high spin and how to fill them both in d orbital.
In this, we can understand these all and by given explanation, you can understand which transition metal can form both a high and low spin complex?
Complete answer:
Manganese metal can form both a high and low spin complex
EXPLANATION: First let us see what type of metal. The crystal Field Theory of the transition metal is typically classified as d1,d2,....,d10.
TRANSITION METAL CLASSIFICATIONS
1. 30 is the atomic number of zinc, so it's on the 10th column in the transition metals.[Ar]4s03d10 is the electron configuration of Zn2+ (just take out the two 4s electrons)because of this that makes it a d10 metal.
2. 29 is the atomic number of copper, so it's on the 9th column in the transition metals. [Ar]4s03d9 is the electron configuration of Cu2+ (just take out the single 4s electron and the 10 th 3d electron) because of this that makes it a d9metals.
3. 25 is the atomic number of manganese, so it's on the 5th column in the transition metals. [Ar]4s03d4 is the electron configuration of Mn3+ (take out the two 4s electrons and one 3d electron) because of this that makes it a d4 metal.
4. 22 is the atomic number of titanium and so it's on the 2nd column in the transition metals.[Ar]3d24s0 is the electron configuration of Ti2+ (take out the two 4s electrons) because of this that makes it a d2 metal.
Notice that none of these are d8 metals like nickel or platinum, which tend to form square planar or tetrahedral complexes.
Note:
All four of these transition metals commonly have coordination numbers of 6, however, so let's examine their octahedral complex crystal-field splitting diagrams.
HIGH SPIN and LOW SPIN
High spin = with one electron first fill all five d orbitals and then double up.
Low spin = first fill lowest-energy d orbitals completely and then at last fill higher-energy orbitals.