In the compound, CaNa[Fe(CN)_6], what ligands are in the coordination sphere?
1 Answer
May 30, 2016
You didn't specify which coordination sphere.
In
- The first coordination sphere involves what is directly coordinating with
"Fe"^(3+) , which are the cyanide ions. - The second coordination sphere involves anything coordinating from the outside with the first coordination sphere. These species in the second coordination sphere are the sodium and calcium cations.
- Iron would be a
d^5 metal, since it is supposedly"Fe"^(3+) . - Thus it would have
2 pairs of electrons in itst_(2g) orbitals and1 electron in its thirdt_(2g) orbital.
Now, to me something seems off.
Could you mean
In this case, iron(II) would be a
A filled