Answer to Question #117902 in Organic Chemistry for Manikanth Nanankala

Question

Explain the distribution of d-electrons in t2g and e.g. sets in both strong and weak octahedral ligand fields?

Answer 1

t2g — a group of three orbitals dxy, dxz, dyz — those having lobes NOT along the coordinate axes. and eg — a group of two orbitals dx2-y2, dz2 — those having lobes along the coordinate axes