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Why magnetic moment of brown ring compound is less than expected during the test of nitrate ion |
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Answer» standard BROWN ring test for the NITRATE ion, the brown ring complex is:[Fe(H2O)5(NO)]2+In this compound, the nitrosyl ligand is positively charged, and iron is in a +1 oxidation state.Now, iron has stable oxidation states +2 and +3. Nitrosyl, as a ligand, comes in many flavours, of which a negatively charged nitrosyl is one.I see no reason why the iron doesn't SPONTANEOUSLY oxidise to +3 and reduce the NO to −1 to gain stability. But I don't know how to analyse this situation anyway. I think that there may be some NIFTY backbonding increasing the stability, but I'm not sure.So, why is iron in +1 here when we can have a SEEMINGLY stable situation with iron in +3?I hope this will help youIf not then comment me |
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