Nickelocene is paramagnetic with two unpaired electrons. Why is it so? Rationallise it and back up your answers and suggest a bonding scheme, which accounts for the two unpaired electrons. Do start with the symmetry and the molecular orbitals of the Cp- ligand.

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Coordination Chemistry

It is a part of chemistry, in which the study of compounds that have central atoms surrounded by molecules or ions, known as ligand, is known as coordination chemistry.