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Splitting of Energy-levels in Non-cubic Cobalt (III) Complexes

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THE two absorption bands of octahedral cobalt (III) complexes, with Oh symmetry, are assigned as 1T1gā†1A1g for the lower frequency band (which may be called band I, following a recent paper1) and 1T2gā†1A1g for the higher frequency band (band II). Evidence for the splitting of these bands when the symmetry is lowered to D3 has been given by Mason2.

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GILLARD, R. Splitting of Energy-levels in Non-cubic Cobalt (III) Complexes. Nature 198, 580ā€“581 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198580b0

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