When a metal cation forms an octahedral complex the ligands approach directly along the x, y, and z axes. The two d orbitals with lobes along the axes will experience a repulsion than the three d orbitals with lobes between the axes. The d orbitals will be split into two groups; the higher energy group has orbitals and the lower energy group has orbitals.

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