Given below are two statements :
Statement I : Each electron in
orbitals destabilizes the orbitals by
and each electron in the
orbitals stabilizes the orbitals by
in an octahedral field on the basis of crystal field theory.
Statement II : All the d-orbitals of the transition metals have the same energy in their free atomic state but when a complex is formed the ligands destroy the degeneracy of these orbitals on the basis of crystal field theory.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
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Statement-I

Statement-II
The degeneracy of the d-orbitals is removed due to ligand electron-metal electron repulsions according to crystal field theory.
Both the statement I and II are correct.
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