You have a neutral, 4-coordinate macrocyclic ligand that binds to Ni(II). When a weakly-coordinating perchlorate ion (CIO4-2) is the anion in solution, it produces a red-colored diamagnetic low-spin d8 complex. When perchlorate is replaced by two thiocyanate ions, (SCN-), the Ni-macrocycle complex turns violet and has two unpaired electrons. Predict what has happened to the geometry

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3 You have a neutral, 4-coordinate macrocyclic ligand that binds to Ni(II). When a weakly-coordinating perchlorate ion (CIO4-2) is the anion in solution, it produces a red-colored diamagnetic low-spin d8 complex. When perchlorate is replaced by two thiocyanate ions, (SCN-), the Ni-macrocycle complex turns violet and has two unpaired electrons. Predict what has happened to the geometry and the d-orbital splitting that has resulted in the change in color?
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