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The complex ion is best described as:

  1. Asquare planar, , diamagnetic
  2. Btetrahedral, , paramagnetic
  3. Ctetrahedral, , diamagnetic
  4. Doctahedral, , diamagnetic

Answer: C

is with all orbitals full, so bonding uses one and three orbitals. This gives hybridisation and a tetrahedral shape. There are no unpaired electrons, so the ion is diamagnetic.
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