Chapter 1 - Intro to Inorganic Chemistry

Question 1

Compare the types of bonds in organic vs inorganic compounds.

Answer 1

Organic: #bonds ≤ 3 for carbon
Inorganic: #bonds >4 possible, metal-metal, metal-carbon bonds etc

Question 2

Compare the role/bonds to hydrogen in organic vs inorganic compounds

Answer 2

Organic: Hydrogen bonded to single carbon
Inorganic: Hydrogen can be a bridging atom between other atoms

Question 3

Compare the orbitals seen in organic vs inorganic compounds

Answer 3

Organic: s, p orbitals for carbon, max coordination# = 4

Inorganic: have d orbitals as well, max coordination # can be 5,6,7…etc

Question 4

Organometallic complexes

Answer 4

Carbon directly bonded to metal

Question 5

Coordination complexes

Answer 5

Metals in center with ligands (anions or neutral molecules) bonded to them (e.g. XeF4)

Question 6

Sandwich compounds

Answer 6

Aromatic rings = bread, with Fe/metals in the middle as the “jelly”. Aromatic ring bonded to metals via π orbitals.

Question 7

Cluster compounds

Answer 7

carbon at the polyhedron of metal atoms