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What are the drawbacks of Werner’s co-ordination theory ?

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Drawbacks of Werner.s co-ordination theory are given below:(i) (i) It does not explain the cause of various properties like color, geometry and magnetic properties. (ii) (ii) Werner has no justification for his proposed theory. It is because the electronic theory which forms the basis for all types of bonding were not discovered at that time
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