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In spectrochemical series, chlorine is above than water, i.e. `ClgtH_(2)O`, this is due to

A

good `pi`-acceptor properties of Cl

B

strong `sigma`-donor and good `pi`-acceptor properties of Cl

C

good `pi`-donor properties of Cl

D

larger size of Cl than `H_(2)O`

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B
In spectrochemical series, chlorine is above than water i.e. `ClgtH_(2)O`. This is due to stronge `alpha`-donor and good `pi`-acceptor properties of Cl.
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