Molecular-orbital extension of crystal-field theory that accounts for covalent metal-ligand bonding and π-donation/acceptance. Explains the spectrochemical series and π-backbonding in carbonyl/cyanide complexes.
Ligand-field theory
Related concepts
- Molecular-orbital theory
- Crystal-field theory
- Schrödinger equation
- Tanabe–Sugano diagrams
- Racah parameters A, B, C
- trans effect & trans influence
- σ-donor / π-acceptor backbonding
- Magnetic susceptibility of complexes
- 18-electron rule
- Tolman cone angle & steric parameters
- Crystal-field theory
- Jahn–Teller distortion