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Solid ammonium dichromate is heated strongly. The green solid residue is and the gas evolved is . is passed over heated magnesium to give . is treated with water to give a white solid and a pungent gas , and excess is bubbled into aqueous to form a deep blue complex ion . Which row correctly gives the oxidation state of the metal in , and the hybridisation (with geometry) and spin-only magnetic moment of ?
- A. ; , square planar;
- B. ; , tetrahedral;
- C. ; , square planar;
- D. ; , square planar;
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Answer: (D) ; , square planar;
Heating gives , so is green (Cr is ) and is . Nitrogen reacts with hot magnesium: . Hydrolysis, , releases pungent . Excess ammonia with copper(II) forms , the deep blue ion . is with one unpaired electron, so the spin-only moment is . With four ammonia ligands the textbook description is hybridisation (one electron promoted to ) and square planar geometry. Chromium in is not since dichromate is reduced while ammonium is oxidised. A tetrahedral ion or a diamagnetic is inconsistent with the configuration. Only row (D), ; , square planar; , matches all three requirements.
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