Are bipyridines (bipy) and analogous amines, phenanthroline (phen) and terpyridine (terpy) chelate ligands? Is there the possibility of the formation of complexes of these ligands with metals in a low oxidation state? Why?

Q: Explain the effect of functional groups on the structure of the ligand (A) by considering HSAB on…

A: Here, we need to explain the formation of complex B by using ligand A by employing concept of Hard…

Q: Draw the structures and give the stock names of complexes that can satisfy the conditon: 1.…

A: Ionization isomers in coordination complexes are identified by the ligands present outside the…

Q: Illustrate the concepts of Transition-Metal Complexes?

A: Transition metal complexes are also named as coordination compounds. These complexes involve ions of…

Q: Which ordering correctly describes the tendency of a ligand to direct ligand substitution in a…

A: Trans effect can be defined as the effect of a ligand towards substitution on other ligands which is…

Q: Ligand A, B, and C form complexes with a metal cation resulting to  violet, indigo, and blue aqueous…

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Q: How many different formulas are there for octahedral complexes with a metal M and four ligands A, B,…

A: The complexes in which the central metal atom is surrounded by six ligands are called an octahedral…

Q: Molecular nitrogen (N2) can act as a ligand in certaincoordination complexes. Predict the structure…

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Q: The compound 1,1,1-trifluoroacetylacetone (tfa- is a bidentate ligand: CF,CC H2CCH3 2+ It forms a…

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Q: How many stereoisomers of a hypothetical six-coordinate complex [M(AA);bc] (where AA is a bidentate…

A: Stereoisomers include Geometrical isomers and Optical isomers. There are two Geometrical isomers…

Q: Describe the types of NO bonds by demonstrating the electrons involved. This is an acid (pi) ligand…

A: The metal uses t2g orbital to form pi bonds with ligands. Pi star orbital of metal is high energy…

Q: Compounds with lone pair of electrons are able to form complexes via the donation of electrons into…

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Q: 1.Show how a Fischer carbene complex can be prepared starting from Mo(CO)6 . 2.How would you explain…

A: Back donation:The carbonyl ligand that coordinated with the metal has electron rich sp orbital. The…

Q: Draw one facial and one meridional (fac- and mer-) isomer of the coordination complex of the general…

A: In  MX3 Y3 octahedral compound , if three identical ligand occupy one face of octahedron,  it is…

Q: For each of the following polydentate ligands, determine (i)the maximum number of coordination sites…

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Q: Differentiate between monodentate ligands, bidentate ligands,and polydentate ligands?

A: Difference between monodentate ligands, bidentate ligands,and polydentate ligands has to be given,

Q: The complexes of Fe^3+ have magnetic properties that depend onwhether the ligands are strong or weak…

A: The ligands are ranked on the basis of energy difference between the t2g and eg orbitals. When the…

Q: 3. The coordination geometries around the nickel atom in the nominally six-coordinate complexes…

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Q: When we consider the reaction of Fe3+ ion (SCN) with its ligand, by showing the ion-ligand bond in…

A: The reaction between Fe3+ and SCN- could be given as, Fe3+aq+SCN-aq→FeSCN2+ SCN- is a thiocyanate…

Q: What is the relationship between observed colour of the complex and the wavelength of light absorbed…

A: When light falls on a complex, certain part will get absorbed. If the crystal field splitting energy…

Q: Many coordination complexes are present in our body. These complexes take part in different…

A: Following is the structure of cobalamine and the answers of the given questions are as follows.

Q: palladium complexes containing the thiocyanate anion as a ligand were studied. Initially, the square…

A: Coordination compounds exhibits isomerism depending on the geometry of the central metal and the…

Q: Explain why, for the same metallic cation and the same ligands, the energy of the binding field is…

A: The question is based on the concept of coordination chemistry. We have to explain the low binding…

Q: In octahedral complexes, for which d electron counts is it possible to have highspinand low-spin…

A: Octahedral complexes are the complexes having Coordination no.6. this coordination no.6 implies no.…

Q: 1) Why are lanthanide  complexes always weak field in nature , second and third d-transition metal…

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Q: Pyridine (C5H5N), abbreviated py, Would you expect pyridine to act as a monodentate or bidentate…

A: Ligands are electron rich species. The electrons are donated to the central metal atom. The given…

Q: The factor determining the mechanism observed in the substitution reactions of square plane…

A: here, for the nucleophilic substitution reaction Sn2 for the inorganic reaction mechanism  yes, This…

Q: Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) or “cisplatin” is a square planar complex with the formula…

A: The structure of cis-platin and trans-platin is shown as follows: Among Geometrical Isomers,…

Q: Is the amine ligand less labile in the complex hexaamminenickel(II) tetrafluoroborate or in the…

A: Amine ligand is less or more labile is depends on the complex.

Q: nich is the crystal field energy level diagram for a square pyramidal ML5 complex that contains a…

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Q: With the aid of simplified molecular orbital energy level diagrams, explain why the 18-electron rule…

A: Transition metals have an incomplete inner orbital in terms of electrons. They share electrons with…

Q: or the following coordination complex (Mn(C204)(H20)2C13} Sive the name diaquatrichloridooxalatomang…

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Q: Write the hybridization and shape of the following complexes: (i) [CO(NH3)6]3+ (ii) [NiCl4]2-…

A: Hybridization involves the mixing up of of atomic orbitals into new hybrid orbitals with different…

Q: catahedral” Cu (II) complexes are often described as having a (4+2)- coordination pattern. Suggest…

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Q: Consider the following metal ion d-electron configuration and crystal field in octahedral complexes:…

A: If all the six ligands approaching the metal cation surround it spherically symmetric i.e. all the…

Q: Will methylamine (CH3NH2) be a monodentate or abidentate ligand? With which of its atoms will it…

A: Will methylamine (CH3NH2) be a monodentate or a bidentate ligand? With which of its atoms will it…

Q: Both H2O and ethylenediamine (en) have two nonbonding pairs of electrons. Whycan en act as a…

A: The number of donor atoms present in the ligand which can donate electrons to the central metal atom…

Q: Given the colors observed for VO43- (orthovanadate ion), CrO42- (chromate ion), and MnO4-…

A: The color of VO43- (orthovanadate ion) is pale yellow. The color of CrO42- (chromate ion) is strong…

Q: What is required of Lewis bases to act as ligands in coordination compounds?

A: Lewis base is a species which can donate electron pair to a Lewis acid.

Q: What electronic feature must a donor atom of a ligand have?

A: A donor is an atom or group of atoms whose highest filled atomic orbital or molecular orbital is…

Q: Why does orbital mixing result in pale coloured transition metal complexes? Use diagrams to explain…

A: The d-orbitals of a free metal particle have similar energy when d block elements form coordination…

Q: What are the examples of molybdenum complexes? In each example state the physical and chemical…

A: The some of the examples of molybdenum complexes are needed to be provided along with their physical…

Q: a. Briefly describe the chelate effect b. Give the structure of a ligand that will exhibit the…

A: The metal complex carrying the ligand that is chelating (two or more donating sites) is named as…

Q: (a) There are essentially three bonding concepts used to describe the bonding in coordination…

A: Solution: For a given complex we can find type of hybridization and magnetic property of the complex…

Q: A, B, C, and D are four different ligands, draw all possible structures of geometric isomers for…

A: In square - planar complex- All the four ligand are different i.e A, B, C, and DThe complex is Pt…

Q: One of the more famous species in coordination chemistry is the Creutz-Taube complex: 5+ (NH3);RuN…

A: (a). There is one metal ion in the complex i.e; Ru. It exhibits two different oxidation states: 1st…