The correct statements from the following are:
A. The strength of anionic ligands can be explained by crystal field theory.
B. Valence bond theory does not give a quantitative interpretation of kineti

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The correct statements from the following are:
A. The strength of anionic ligands can be explained by crystal field theory.
B. Valence bond theory does not give a quantitative interpretation of kinetic stability of coordination compounds.
C. The hybridization involved in formation of  complex is dsp².
D. The number of possible isomer(s) of cis- is one.

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Strategy:
 Critically apply the tenets of coordination theories (VBT, CFT) to validate each statement.

Step 1: Evaluate A
"The strength of anionic ligands can be explained by crystal field theory."
False. Crystal Field Theory considers ligands as point charges; according to basic electrostatic models, an anionic ligand (like  or ) should exert a stronger repelling field than a neutral dipole (like  or ). However, the experimental spectrochemical series shows many neutral ligands act as stronger

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