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In potassium ferrocyanide, there are ______ pairs of electrons in the set of orbitals.
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Potassium ferrocyanide, , has a central iron ion that is coordinated with six cyanide ligands in an octahedral geometry. The oxidation state of the iron ion in potassium ferrocyanide is , hence has hybridised state. On applying . it shows that all the electrons of subshell are present in the form of three pairs in orbitals. Hence answer is .
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