Three-Dimensional Spectrochemical Series

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Interactive Three-Dimensional Plot

Ligand Field Splitting (Delta) (eV)

Metal vs. Ligand

Ligand vs. Metal

Metal-Ligand Distance (A)

Metal vs. Ligand

Ligand vs. Metal

calculated by Ryo MATSUSHIMA.

Table of Ligand Field Splitting (Delta) (eV)
and Metal-Ligand Distance (A)

sort by Ligand Series No.

sort by Metal Series No.

Table 1. Metal Series No.

1	2	3	4	5
Mn²⁺	Ni²⁺	Co²⁺	Fe²⁺	V²⁺
6	7	8	9	10
Fe³⁺	Cr³⁺	V³⁺	Co³⁺	Mn⁴⁺
11	12	13	14	15
Mo³⁺	Rh³⁺	Ru³⁺	Pd⁴⁺	Ir³⁺
16	17
Re⁴⁺	Pt⁴⁺

Table 2. Ligand Series No.

1	2	3	4	5
I^-	Br^-	S^2-	SCN^-	Cl^-
6	7	8	9	10
N₃^-	F^-	S₂O₃^2-	OCOR^-	OCO₂^2-
11	12	13	14	15
OH^-	OCHO^-	OSO₃^2-	ONO₂^-	ox^2-
16	17	18	19	20
H₂O	NCS^-	ONO^-	CH₃CN	py
21	22	23	24	25
NH₃	en	bpy	phen	SO₃^2-
26	27	28	29
NO₂^-	PPh₃	CN^-	CO

Reference

1. Tomohiko Ishii, Shino Tsuboi, Genta Sakane, Masahiro Yamashita and Brian K. Breedlove, "Universal Spectrochemical Series of Six-Coordinate Octahedral Metal Complexes for Modifying the Ligand Field Splitting", Dalton Trans., 4, 680-687 (2009).