Chapter 9, Problem 9.16E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The correlation between the electronegativity and the ligand strength of the halide ions has to be given.

Concept Introduction:

Ligand field strength:

The ligand field strength is the ability of the ligand to split the degenerated d-orbitals into two energy levels.  If the splitting energy is higher then it is referred as strong ligand if the splitting energy is lower then it is called as weak ligand.

Electronegativity:

Electronegativity is the tendency of an atom to accept shared pair of electrons towards itself.

Relation between the ligand strength and the electronegativity is,

  $\text{Ligand}\text{strength}\text{α}\text{Electronegativity}$