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In this experiment, [Co(NH3)5ONO]Cl¬2 was synthesized with a yield of 1.4314 g. It was then used to obtain UV-Vis Spectroscopy data with other prepared cobalt complexes including [Co(NH3)5(H2O)]Cl3, [Co(NH3)5(Cl)]Cl2 , Co(NH3)5(NO2)]Cl2 and [Co(NH3)6]Cl3. Each compound was a different color. Color, by definition, represents the wavelengths of UV light that a particle reflects. UV-Vis spectroscopy measures the amount of UV light absorbed. The easy way to determine wavelength of absorption from the color of the solution was the use of a color wheel like in Figure 1. The wavelengths of the color opposite of the solution’s color in the color wheel were the expected wavelengths of absorption. Co(NH3)5ONO]Cl¬2 was an reddish-orange color so its wavelength …show more content…

Using the d-orbital electron configuration for cobalt in high and low states, the number of unpaired in electrons can be used to calculate the magnet moment for each spin state using the equation, µso¬ = √(4S(S+1)), where S = ½ the number of unpaired electrons. The magnetic moment for the high spin state was calculated to be 8.944 and 0 for the low spin state. The ligand field stabilization energy was also calculated for the high and low spin states using the equation LFSE = Δ_0 (-2/5 x+3/5 y), where x = number of unpaired electrons in the t2g orbital and y = the number of unpaired electrons in the eg orbital. The ligand field stabilization energy was calculated to be 2/5 Δ_0 for the high spin state and 0 for the low spin state. The earliest article to reference “spectrochemical series” on Scifinder was the article, “Relation between the Geometrical Configurations of Inorganic Complexes and Their Absorption Bands. III. General Rule for the First and Second Bands of Co(III) Complexes,” by Yoichi Shimura published in

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