Intensities in inorganic complexes

Abstract

The method, previously developed by the authors, for calculating the intensity of d ⁿ electronic transitions in inorganic complexes is extended to include electronic systems which exhibit configuration interaction. The oscillator strengths of both the spin-allowed and spin-forbidden spectral transitions of divalent nickel and trivalent vanadium complex salts are computed and compared with experiment. Fair agreement is found. Some critical comments concerning the relative merit of such calculations are presented. The envelope of the Ni(II) red band is elucidated in terms of the spin-orbit fine structure of the ³T_1g electronic state.