Midterm 2: Thermo, Electro, Complexes, Organic Flashcards
What is a metal complex?
How can it be a complex ion?
a central metal atom bonded to a group of molecules or ions
- is an ion if it has a charge
How is pH determined if concentration and pKa are known?
pH = (pKa - log C)/2
How can pH be determine with Ka and concentration?
[H+] = √(Ka * C)
What are compounds containing complexes called?
coordination compounds
What is a ligand?
What are some usual characterics of ligands?
A molecule or ion coordinating to the metal in a complex
- usually anions or polar molecules
ex: H20, CN-, Cl-, NH3
What are primary and secondary valences in relation to metal ions?
primary - oxi # for the metal
secondary - # of atoms directly bonded to the metal (AKA coordination number)
What is the coordination sphere?
the central metal of a complex and all the ligands directly bonded to it
How are complex formulas written?
What do the brackets indicate?
Complex formulas are written with brackets around the coordination sphere.
This means that everything outside the brackets dissociate from the complex ion (coordination sphere) when dissolved.
ex: [Co(NH3)6]Cl3would indicate 6 ammonias bonded to the central cobalt and 3 dissociable chloride ions outside the coordination sphere
Describe the metal ligand bond.
How is it a Lewis acid/base situation?
- ligands have non-bonding electrons and thus can donate electrons, or be a lewis base
- **metals **have empty orbitals and this can accept electrons, or be a lewis acid
What is a donor atom?
the atom of a ligand that supplies the non-bonding electrons for the metal-ligand bond
What is a coordination number?
the number of donor atoms bonded to the metal of a complex
What are the 2 most common coordination numbers and their most common geometries?
4 - tetrahedral or square planar
6 - octahedral (two tetrahedrals one on top of the other)
What is a polydentate ligand?
a ligand molecule with two or more donor atoms (atoms attached directly to the metal of the complex)
- if it has only two it is bidentate
How many donor atoms does EDTA have?
6
What is a chelating agent?
another name for polydentate ligand
form stable complexes and can therefore chelate (or sequester) metal ions from solution
How are coordination compounds named?
- Ligands listed alphabetically with numerical prefixes (ignoring prefixes in alphabetization) before metal name (ex: Dibromo-, Pentaammine-)
- Anionic ligand names always end in -o (ex: bromo, chloro, fluoro)
- Oxi # of the metal is listed as roman numeral in parentheses after the metal (ex: cobalt(III) )
- Anion comes last (ex: chloride, carbonate etc.) but if complex is an anion (more rare) then it comes last and ends in -ate.
Examples:
Pentaamminechlorocobalt(III) Chloride
or
Sodium Tetrachlorooxymolybdate(IV)
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
the change in the internal energy of a closed system is equal to the amount of heat supplied to the system, minus the amount of work done by the system on its surroundings
What are reversible and irreversible processes?
Reversible - the system changes in such a way that the system and surroundings can be put back in their original states by exactly reversing the process
Irreversible - cannot be undone by exactly reversing the change to the system (all spontaneous processes are irreversible)
- In irreversible process below, replacing the partition would not create the same two compartments. Work must be done to void the left compartment of gas.
What is entropy? What letter represents it?
- a measure of the randomness of a system
- related to various modes of motion in molecules
- represented by S
What is the 2nd law of thermodynamics?
The entropy of the universe does not change for reversible processes and increases for spontaneous processes.
(entropy can decrease for individual systems, though)
What are the 3 types of motion in molecules?
**translational ** - whole molecule one place to another
**vibrational **- periodic motion of atoms within a molecule
**rotational **- rotation of molecule about an axis or rotation about sigma bonds
What are the three main conditions directly proportional to entropy?
- temperature - measure of avg kinetic energy of molecules in a sample
- **volume **(w/ gases) - larger volume allows more freedom of movement
- # of independently moving molecules
What is the third law of thermodynamics?
The entropy of a pure crystalline substance at 0 Kelvin is zero.
How are standard entropies and molar mass related?
standard entropy tends to increase with molar mass
What is the Gibbs Free Energy equation?
For spontaneous processes, what is delta G in the Gibbs free energy equation?
What do other values for delta G mean?
delta G is **less than zero **for spont. processes
delta G = 0 - system is at equilibrium
delta G > 0 - non spontaneous, spontaneous in reverse direction
Considering the Gibbs Free energy equation…
if ΔH is positive and ΔS is positive, the reaction is…
Spontaneous at high temperatures, non-spontaneous at low temperatures
because ΔH - TΔS will be negative if T is high enough