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Title: trans effects
Post by: Morphic flip on May 06, 2006, 08:13:11 AM

Am I correct in my examples assuming:

SCN^->Br^->I^-     Br^- has a greater trans effect than I^-
NO₂²<Cl^-<NH₃     Cl^- has less trans effect than NH₃     

Title: Re: trans effects
Post by: barcrphd on May 06, 2006, 11:54:19 PM

you are wrong,

the correct ordering of the ligands is as follows

SCN, I > Br and

NO2 > Cl > NH3

for detailed discussion on trans effect you can refer Inorganic chemistry by James H Huhee. or any other leading inorganic chemistry book.

Title: Re: trans effects
Post by: Morphic flip on May 08, 2006, 04:12:18 AM

Sorry, I just meant in my examples as in what I`ve put.
I`m confused in the direction of <
Normally they point the way you have written then them, but I need to know in how I`ve put them.
Thank`s.