A-LEVEL CHEMISTRY TOPIC FIFTEEN,15, TRANSITION METALS. Flashcards
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D-BLOCK ELEMENTS, LOCATION.
THE D-BLOCK ELEMENTS SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PERIODIC TABLE.
SOME OF THESE ELEMENTS ARE TRANSITION METALS.
WHAT IS A TRANSITION ELEMENT?
A TRANSITION ELEMENT IS A D-BLOCK ELEMENT THAT CAN FORM AT LEAST ONE,1, STABLE ION WITH A PARTIALLY FILLED, INCOMPLETE, D-SUBSHELL.
ELECTRON CONFIGURATION ORDER.
1S2, 2S2, 2P6, 3S2, 3P6, 4S2, 3D10.
PERIODIC TABLE BLOCK.
SPDF.
D-SUBSHELL.
THE D-SUBSHELL CAN HOLD UP TO TEN, 10, ELECTRONS.
D-BLOCK ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOT TRANITION ELEMENTS.
FOR PERIOD 4 D-BLOCK ELEMENTS ONLY EIGHT,8, OF THESE ARE TRANSITION ELEMENTS.
SCANDIUM AND ZINC ARE NOT TRANSITION ELEMENTS.
THIS IS BECAUSE THEY DO NOT FORM A STABLE ION WITH A PARTIALLY FILLED, INCOMPLETE D-SUBSHELL.
CHROMIUN AND COPPER.
AN ELECTRON FROM THE 4S ORBITAL MOVES INTO THE 3D SUBSHELL TO CREATE A MORE STABLE HALF FULL OR FULL 3D SUB-SHELL.
LOOSE FROM THE 3D SUB-SHELL FIRST.
ELECTRON LOSS D-BLOCK ELEMENTS.
YOU ALWAYS LOOSE FROM THE 4S SUB-SHELL FIRST.
TRANSITION METALS PROPERTIES.
TRANSITION METALS HAVE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES WHICH INCLUDE VARIABLE OXIDATION STATES, FORM COLOURED IONS IN SOLUTION AND ARE GOOD CATALYSTS.
TRANSITION METALS VARIABLE OXIDATION STATES.
TRANSITION METALS HAVE VARIABLE OXIDATION STATES.
THIS IS BECAUSE THE ELECTRONS SIT IN 4S AND 3D ENERGY LEVELS WHICH ARE VERY CLOSE.
THE ELECTRONS ARE GAINED AND LOST USING A SIMILAR AMOUNT OF ENERGY.
D-BLOCK ELEMENTS, THE IONS FORMED.
VANADIUM, V
2+
3+
VO,
2+
3+
CHROMIM, Cr,
3+
CrO,
Cr2O7 2-
MANGANESE, Mn
2+
MnO,
MnO4 2-
MnO4 -
IRON, Fe
2+
3+
COLBOLT, Co
2+
NICKLE, Ni
2+
COPPER, Cu
2+
TITANIUM, Ti
2+
3+
TRANSITION METALS IN SOLUTION.
THEY FORM COLOURED IONS IN SOLUTION.
COLOURED IONS IN AQEOUS SOLUTION.
VANADIUM COLOURS.
V2+
VIOLET.
V3+,
GREEN.
VO2+,
BLUE.
VO2 +,
YELLOW.
CHROMIUM COLOURS.
Cr3+,
GREEN/VIOLET.
VIOLET WHEN SURROUNDED BY 6H2O.
THEY ARE NORMALLY SUBSTITUTED SO USUALLY LOOK GREEN.
Cr2O7 2-,
ORANGE.
IRON COLOURS.
FE2+,
GREEN.
FE3+, YELLOW.
COLBOLT COLOURS.
Co2+,
PINK.
COPPER COLOURS.
Cu2+,
BLUE.
TRANSITION METALS, COMPLEX IONS.
TRANSITION METALS CAN FORM COMPLEX IONS.
A COMPLEX ION IS WHERE A CENTRAL TRANSITION METAL ION IS SURROUNDED BY LIGANDS BONDED BY DIATIVE, COORDINATED, BONDS.
THE LIGANDS HAVE AT LEAST ONE,1, LONE PAIR OF ELECTRONS WHERE THEY ARE USED TO FORM A DIATIVE COVALENT, COORDINATE, WITH A METAL.
A SQUARE BRACKET SHOWS THE FULL COMPLEX AND OVERALL CHARGE OF THE COMPLEX SITS OUTSIDE OF THIS.
COMPLEX IONS CAN COME IN DIFFERENT SHAPES.
LIGAND.
A LIGAND IS AN ION, ATOM OR MOLECULE THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE,1, LONE PAIR OF ELECTRONS.
THEY CAN BE MONODENTATE, BIDENTATE OR POLYDENTATE.
MONODENTATE LIGAND.
LIGANDS WHICH ONLY HAVE ONE,1, LONE PAIR OF ELECTRONS ARE CALLED MONODENTATE, UNIDENTATE, LIGANDS.
H2O:
:NH3
:Cl-
:OH-
BIDENTATE LIGAND.
LIGANDS WHICH HAVE TWO,2, LONE PAIRS OF ELECTRONS ARE CALLED BIDENTATE LIGANDS.
ETHANEDIOATE.
ETHANE-1,2-DIAMINE.
MULTIDENTATE LIGANDS.
LIGANDS WHICH HAVE MORE THAN ONE,1, COORDINATE BOND ARE CALLED MULTIDENATE LIGANDS.
EDTA 4- IS AN EXAMPLE OF A MULTIDENATE LIGAND.
IT CAN FOR SIX,6, COORDINATE BONDS WITH THE CENTRAL METAL ION.
COMPLEX SHAPES.
THE SHAPE IS DEPENDANT ON THE SIZE OF THE LIGANDS AND THE COORDINATION NUMBER.
THE COORDINATION NUMBER IS THE NUMBER OF COORDINATE BONDS IN A COMPLEX.
OR THE NUMBER OF LIGANDS.
SOME LIGANDS ARE SMALL AND YOU CAN FIT SIX,6, OF THEM AROUND A CENTRAL METAL ION.
WATER, AMMONIA AND HYDROXIDE IONS.
SOME LIGANDS ARE LARGER AND YOU CAN ONLY FIT FOUR,4, OF THEM AROUND THE CENTRAL METAL ION,
:Cl-
ETHANEDIOATE AND ETHANE-1,2-DIAMINE ARE LARGER STILL.
NORMALLY YOU HAVE THREE,3, OF THEESE AROUND A CENTRAL METAL ION
OCTAHEDRAL.
COMPLEXES WITH A COORDINATION NUMBER OF SIX,6, FORM OCTAHEDRAL SHAPES.
ALL BOND ANGLES IN AN OCTAHEDRAL COMPLEX ARE NINTY,90, DEGREES.