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Aqueous Copper(I) Chloride Is Nearly Colourless Whereas Aqueous Copper(II) Chloride

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Aqueous copper(I) chloride is nearly colourless whereas aqueous copper(II) chloride is blue in colour. This difference is because(If needed, use the following equation:Spectrochemical Series
I- < Br- < Cl- < F- < OH- < H2O< NH3 < en < NO2- < CN- < CO)


A) the crystal field splitting in copper(I) is much larger than that in copper(II) .
B) the crystal field splitting in copper(I) is much smaller than that in copper(II) .
C) the electron configuration of copper(II) has all subshells filled.
D) the electron configuration of copper(I) has all subshells filled.
E) copper(I) chloride doesn't dissolve in water.

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