Which has a more pronounced ionic character FeCl2 or FeCl3? Fe+6 is ionic or has a more pronounced covalent character?

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anor277
Jul 28, 2018

This is a hard proposition to address...

Explanation:

You got #Fe^(2+)# versus #Fe^(3+)#, #d^6# versus #d^5#... Ferric ion SHOULD be more Lewis acidic...and SHOULD give rise to more ionic character. But it is hard to think of a metric that would demonstrate the greater ionic character of ferric ion conclusively. Let us know the answer you get.

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