Consider the p orbitals on the four Cl atoms of tetrahedral [CoCl₄]²⁻, with one p orbital on each Cl pointing directly at the central metal atom. 

(a) Confirm that the four p orbitals which point at the metal transform in an identical manner to the four s orbitals on the Cl atoms. How might these p orbitals contribute to the bonding of the complex? 

(b) Take the remaining eight p orbitals and determine how they transform. Reduce the representation you derive to determine the symmetry of the SALCs these orbitals contribute to. Which metal orbitals can these SALCs bond with? 

(c) Generate the SALCs referred to in (b).