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Harmony
Sep20-06, 01:30 AM
Why is Copper Tetraamine Complex a square plane? Shouldn't it be tetrahedral since there is only four bond pairs?

GCT
Sep20-06, 07:57 PM
It has to do with several factors related to the atom itself and the energy parameters associated with the molecular energy levels. I don't have my inorganic text at the moment, are you trying to apply VSEPR?

Harmony
Sep21-06, 01:40 AM
Yes. I tried to apply the VSEPR Theory, but it seems that the theory is not sufficient to explain the shape of the complex. Does this have anything to do with the size of the ligand?