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Transition Metals Part 1 Flashcards

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Transition metal

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A metal that can form one or more stable ions with an incomplete d sub shell

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Why are Sc and Zn d block elements

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Because their outer electron is in a (3)d sub shell

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Why are Sc and Zn not transition metals

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They don’t form a stable ion with in incomplete d sub shell

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What are the four characteristic properties of transition metals

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Form coloured compounds

Variable oxidation state

Catalysts

Form complex ions

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What do the characteristic properties of transition metals arise due to

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Incomplete d sub shell

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Complex ion

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Central metal ion surrounded by ligands

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Ligands

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A molecule/ion that forms a coordinate bond with a transition metal by donating a pair of electrons

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3 types of ligands

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Monodentate, bidentate and multidentate

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Monodentate ligands

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Molecules/ions that can donate one electron pair to the central mental ion to form one coordinate bond

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Bidentate ligands

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Molecules/ions that can donate 2 electron pairs to the central metal ion to form 2 coordinate bonds

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Multidentate ligands

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Molecules or ions that can donate more than 2 electron pairs to the central mental ion to form more than 2 coordinate bonds

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Coordination number

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The number of coordinate bonds to the central metal atom/ion

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What is coordination number not necessarily the same as

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The number of ligands

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When is coordination number the same as number of ligands

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In monodentate ligands

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What are the two common shapes of complex ions

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Octahedral and tetrahedral

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What 2 other shapes are also sometimes complex ions

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Square planar and linear

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Why do complexes containing water and/or ammonia ligands usually have an octahedral shape

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Because they usually have a coordination number of 6

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Why do complexes containing chloride ligands usually have a tetrahedral shape

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They usually have a coordination number of 4

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Why do complexes of copper and silver usually have a linear shape

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They usually have a coordination number of two

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What are ligand substitution reactions

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Reaction where one ligand is replaced by another

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Why does the coordination number and shape not chance when a ligand substitution reaction occurs between NH3 And H2O

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They are similar in size

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equation for aqueous cobalt salts reacting with excess ammonia (all 6 water ligands replaceed)

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[Co(H2O)6]2+ +6NH3 >< [Co(nh3)6]2+ +6H2O

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colouur change when aqueous cobalt II salts react with excess ammonia

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pink to pale brown

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equation for aqueous copper II salts reacting with excess ammonia (4 water ligands replaced)

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[Cu(H2O)6]2+ + 4NH3 >< [Cu(H2O)2(NH3)4]2+ +4H2O

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colour change when aqueous copper II salts are reacted with excess ammonia
pale blue to dark blue
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coordination number and shape for aqueous copper II salts reacting with excess ammonia (4 water ligands replaced)
6-6 | octabhedral- octahedral
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why do reactions involving chloride ligands involve a change in coordination number AND SHAPE
chloride ligand larger than NH3 and H2O
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equation aqueous cobalt II salts reacted with conc hcl (all 4 ligands replaced)
[Co(H2O)6]2+ + 4Cl- >< [CoCl4]2- + 6H2O
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COLOUR, COORD NUMBER AND SHAPE aqueous cobalt II salts reacted with conc hcl (all 4 ligands replaced)
colour: pink-blue coord no- 6 to 4 shape: octahedral to tetrahedrial
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haemoglobin: coordination number of iron II in haem unit
4
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haemoglobin: shape around iron II i haem unit
square planar
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haemoglobin: what does planar haem unit bound to and what does it bind to in body
complex protein called globin both water and oxygen can bind to iron II as ligands
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haemoglobin: what happens inthe lungs as a result of the concentration of oxygen being high
equilibrium shifts right and water ligands are substituted for oxygen molecules to form haemoglobin
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haemoglobin: which is the process of water/oxygen binding to haemoglobin reversed
when oxyhaemoglobin gets to where it is needed
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haemoglobin: what is the coordination number around iron in oxyhaemoglobin
6
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haemoglobin: what can haemoglobin substitute H2O ligands for when carbo monoxide is inhaled
Co
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haemoglobin: why is carbon monoxide considered toxic
bond between carbon monoxide and iron II is very strong and not readily revewrsed preventsw oxygen being bonded to haemoglobin
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why are enthalpy changes usually quite small in ligand substitution reactions
often little change in number and types of bond present
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What happens when reactions occur that substitute bidentate and multidentate ligands for monodentate ligands
Complex formed often very stable and reaction hard to reverse
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When is a reaction feasible in terms of energy
If free energy, delta G, is negative
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What does delta G equal
Delta H - T delta S
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Why is there a large increase in entropy of a reaction when there is an increase in moles
Disorder is increased
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Chelate effect
Multidentate and bidentate ligands replace monodentate ligands to form complexes
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Why are transition metal ions coloured
Because they have an incomplete d sub shell
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What do all the d orbitals in a transition metal atom have exactly the same
Energy
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Why do complex ions have some orbitals with more energy than other
Interactions between ligands and electrons in d orbitals gives some more energy than others
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What does how the orbitals split depend on
The coordination number of the complex
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What are electrons promoted from and to when visible light is absorbed
Electrons promoted from lower energy (ground state) to higher energy (excited state)
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When transition metal ions absorb visible light corresponding to a colour this colour is...
Missing from the spectrum
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Why is the complementary colour to the one hat is absorbed seen
The remaining colours are transmitted
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What does the frequency of light absorbed depend on
The size of the energy gap
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Delta E equals
hv
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What is h
Plancks constant = 6.63x10-34 Js
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V equals (definition )
Frequency of light absorbed
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V equals
c/ŷ
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C equals
Speed of light = 3x10^8
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Ŷ equals
Wavelength of light
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what factors induce change of colour in reaction
- change in coordination number - change in ligand - change in oxidation state
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why does change in coordination number induce colour change
splitting in the dorbitals is different in octahedral complexes than tetrahedral so when coordination number changes from 6 to 4 colour will also change
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example colour change due to change in coordination number equation
[Co(H2O)6]2+ + 4Cl- >< [CoCl4]2- + 6H2O
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colour change [Co(H2O)6]2+ to [CoCl4]2-
pink to blue
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what is a change in coordination number always accompanied by
a change in ligand
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why does a change in ligand induce a colour change
different ligands have different effects on the energies of d orbitals so when ligand changes the size of deltaE changes and hence the colour changes
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example nickel ligand changing from H2O to NH3
[Ni(H2O)6]2+ + 6NH3 >< [Ni(NH3)6]2+ + 6H2O
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colour change when nickel ligand changes from water to ammonia
green to blue
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why does a change in oxidation state induce a colour change
as oxidation state of metal increases so does size of energy gap, delta E. this leads to a change in colour
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example of irons ox state changing 2+ to 3+
[Fe(H2O)6]2+ > [Fe(H2O)6]3+
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what is spectrometry the study of
how electromagnetic radiation interacts with matter
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what is colorimetry a type of
spectroscopy
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what does a colorimeter measure and what does it give a measure of
measures amount of light absorbed by a solution and gives a measure of colour intensity
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what you must first do to find the concentration of an unknown
generate a calibration curve
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colourimetry experiment
- create 4/5 standard solutions of known concentrations - select filter of complimentary colour and measure absorbance of known solutions - unknowns absorbance can be measured and conc found from calibration curve
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why must 4/5 standard solutions be made in colorimetry
to provide enough data to draw a line of best fit with confidence
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why must a filter be used in colorimetry
to select out the complementary colour, this is the light the sample absorbs
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stereoisomerism
compounds with the same structural formula but a different arrangement of atoms in space
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what type of complexes can exhibit stereoisomerism
square planar and octahedral
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when can cis-trans isomers form in square planar complexes
when it has 2 different ligands
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formula of cisplatin
[Pt(NH3)2Cl2]
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when can octahedral complexes exhibit cis-trans isomerism
2 different ligands- 4 of one and 2 of another
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which complexes can exhibit optical isomers
octahedral complexes containing bidentate ligands
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optical isomers
non superimposable mirror images
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Examples of complexes that exhibit optical isomerism
[Ni(en)3]2+ and [Co(C2O4)3]3-

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