TM Flashcards
Define a transition metal+-
An element that forms at least one stable ion with a partially filled d-sub shell
Characteristic properties of TMs
3CV
complex ion
coloured ions
catalytic properties
variable oxidation states
what is a ligand
A molecule or ion that forms a co-ordinate bind with TM by donating a pair of electrons
what is a complex
A central metal atom or ion surrounded by ligands
What is coordination number
The number of coordinate bonds to the central metal atom or ion
what is a mondentate ligand and examples
each ligand forms one coordinate bond
H2O:
Cl:-
:NH3
-:CN
Property NH3 and H2O ligand and why is this important
Similar in size and are uncharged
Exchange of these two ligands occurs without change of coordination number
Property of Cl lignands
Larger than uncharged ligands so only got 4 around TMs
Have a -1 charge so involve a change in co-ordination number
what is a bidentate ligand and examples
Each ligand forms 2 coordinate bonds
Ethane-1,2-diamine/ 1,2-diaminoethane (bonds form from the two N atoms) (something called ‘en’ ligand)
Ethanedioate ( bonds form from the 2 O- atoms)
what is a multi dentists ligand and examples
Each ligand forms 2 or more coordinate bonds
EDTA4- (forms 6 coordinate bonds, 2 from the N atoms and 4 from the O- atoms)
what is ‘haem’ group
its an iron(ii) complex with a multidentate ligand
what is a ‘globin’
a 5th bond forms to the fe2+ below the ring to a protein which is the globin
what is haemoglobin
a molecule found in red blood cells used to transport oxygen around the body. made up of a central fe2+ ion which has a coordination number of 6. it forms 4 bonds to a ring system called porphyrin. square planar arrangment
how is oxygen transported in the blood
oxygen forms a co-ordinate bond to Fe(II) in haemoglobin
why is carbon monoxide toxic
because it replaces oxygen co-ordinately bonded to Fe(II) in hemoglobin
how does the chelate effect occur and is it
occurs when a monodentate ligand is subsistuted by a bidentate or multidentate ligand.
it results in a large increase in entropy as more moles on RHS of equation due to subsistution (this is the chelate effect)
what is due transition mental usually form with small lignads
octahedral complexes
examples of small ligands
H2O and NH3
what isomerism can octahedral complexes display with monodentate lignads
cis-trans isomerism
what isomerism can octahedral complexes display with bidentate lignads
optical isomerism
stereoisomerism definition
have the same structural formula but have a different arrangement of atoms in space
what is cis-trans isomerism
where ligands can be spaced in different positions relative to one another. its a special case of E-Z isomerism. for example if you have 4of one type of ligand and 2 of another the 2 ligands that are the same can be arranged either at 90 degrees (next to each other) which displays cis isomerism or 180 degrees (opposite) which displays trans isomerism.
what do transition metals commonly form with larger ligands
tetrahedral complexes
examples of larger ligands
cl-
what is less commonly formed by transistion metals with larger ligands
square planar complexes
what isomerism does square planar display
cis-trans isomerism