In the spectrochemical series, the positions occupied by the ligands $Cl^{-}$, $OH^{-}$, and $CN^{-}$ in increasing order of their crystal field splitting power are:

  • A
    $Cl^{-}, CN^{-}, OH^{-}$
  • B
    $Cl^{-}, OH^{-}, CN^{-}$
  • C
    $CN^{-}, OH^{-}, Cl^{-}$
  • D
    $CN^{-}, Cl^{-}, OH^{-}$

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