Tap every failing of Valence Bond Theory

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Items

   1. Text

      No quantitative account of magnetic behaviour

      Matches the category

      Yes

   2. Text

      Says nothing about optical properties

      Matches the category

      Yes

   3. Text

      Cannot explain geometrical shapes at all

      Matches the category

      No

   4. Text

      Cannot explain how complexes form

      Matches the category

      No

   Category

   A limitation of VALENCE BOND THEORY

2. Items

   1. Text

      Treats ligands as point charges

      Matches the category

      Yes

   2. Text

      Explains splitting of d orbital energies

      Matches the category

      Yes

   3. Text

      Distinguishes strong and weak fields

      Matches the category

      Yes

   4. Text

      Makes no quantitative predictions

      Matches the category

      No

   Category

   A feature of CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY

Explanation