Chemistry · Coordination Compounds

JEE Main 2025 — 23 January, Morning Shift — Question 35

The d-electronic configuration of an octahedral Co (II) complex having magnetic moment of 3.95 BM is :

  1. Option A:

    t2g6eg1t_{2 g}^{6} e_{g}^{1}

  2. Option B:

    t2g3eg0t_{2 g}^{3} e_{g}^{0}

  3. Option C:

    t2g5eg2t_{2 g}^{5} e_{g}^{2}

    Correct
  4. Option D:

    e4t23e^{4} t_{2}^{3}

Answer: C

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Exam
JEE Main 2025
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Coordination Compounds
Topic
Theories of Bonding in Coordination Compounds
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