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Take as tetrahedral and as square planar. Their spin-only magnetic moments (BM) are respectively

  1. A0 and 2.83
  2. B0 and 0
  3. C2.83 and 2.83
  4. D2.83 and 0

Answer: D

Both contain Ni(II), . Tetrahedral has 2 unpaired electrons, so BM. In the strong-field square planar complex all eight electrons are paired in the lower four d orbitals, so .
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