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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.

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Chapter 19, Problem 43E

For complexes of the same metal ion with no change in oxidation number, the stability increases as the number of electrons in the t₂_g orbitals increases. Which complex in each of the following pairs of complexes is more stable?

(a) [Fe(H₂O)₆]2+ or [Fe(CN)₆]4-.

(b) [Co(NH₃)₆]3+ or [CoF₆]3-.

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