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Question
Why are low spin tetrahedral complexes not formed?
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Solution
For tetrahedral complexes, the crystal field splitting energy is too low. It is lower than the pairing energy, so the pairing of electrons is not favoured, and therefore the complexes cannot form low-spin complexes.
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