Chemistry · Chapter 19

Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry

The d-block, its colors and its complexes

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1

Transition metal properties and configurations

Fill d orbitals and handle the ion exceptions.

2

Coordination compounds and ligands

Attach ligands and count coordination number.

3

Naming coordination compounds

Name a complex piece by piece.

4

Isomerism in complexes

Flip between cis, trans and optical isomers.

5

Crystal field theory and color

Split d orbitals with ligands and predict the color absorbed.

6

Magnetism, chelation and uses

Count unpaired electrons and see chelation at work.

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