Which property change arises when strong ligand field splitting occurs in a transition metal complex?

A)Increased paramagnetic behavior results

B)Lower energy absorption becomes dominant

C)Diamagnetism character becomes more prevalent✓

D)Decreased catalytic activity is consistently observed

💡 Explanation

When strong ligand field splitting occurs, the d-orbitals split with a large energy gap, forcing electrons to pair in lower energy orbitals because the energy to populate higher orbitals is too high, increasing diamagnetism. Therefore diamagnetism is favored, rather than paramagnetism or other changes that need unpaired electrons in high-energy orbitals.

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Which property change arises when strong ligand field splitting occurs in a transition metal complex?

💡 Explanation

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