Table 1. Amax of lowest energy for Copper (II) complexes
Name of the Compound
copper sulfate
EDTA
Sodium Nitrate
Ethulendiamine
Amax
818nm
736 nm
(could go farther) 379nm
sugnm
1. Calculate the corresponding crystal field splitting energy values for each of
the copper(II) complexes with the different ligands used above.
2. Based upon the information above, create a spectrochemical series for the
copper(II) ligands.