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Why are low spin tetrahedral complexes not formed ?

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In tetrahedral complex, the d-orbital is splitting to small as compared to octahedral. For same metal and same ligand `Delta_(t)=4/9 Delta_(0)`.
Hence, the orbital energies are not enough to force pairing. As a result, low spin configurations are rarely observed in tetrahedral complexes.
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