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JEE Main 27 July 2022, Shift 2, Chemistry Q70

Question 70 of 90 in this shift, Chemistry question 10 of 30, Section A.

Low oxidation state of **metals** in their complexes are common when ligands :

(1)have good $\pi$ -accepting characterOfficial answer
(2)have good $\sigma$ -donor character
(3)are having good $\pi$ -donating ability
(4)are having poor $\sigma$ -donating ability

Official answer

Option 1

NTA final key.

Chapter: Coordination Compounds
Topic: Crystal Field Theory
Idea tested: Pi-Bonding and the Spectrochemical Series

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