final stuff Flashcards
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what is diamagnetic mean
all electrons paired, up-spin and down-spin effectively cancelled, NONMAGNETIC
what does paramagnetic mean
atom or ion contains one or more unpaired electrons, MAGNETIC
difference between paramagnetism and ferromagnetism
paramagnetism: magnetic moments align when placed in a magnetic field, but if external field is removed, individual atoms go back to their random magnetic orientations
ferromagnetic: same as above but the magnetism stays even after the external field is removed
what are ligands
molecules or ions that bind to a metal ion in a complex
metal complexes are formed from the reaction of a _______ and _______
lewis acid
lewis base
what type of bond is formed between metal and ligand?
coordinate covalent bond
what geometry would a 2 ligand complex ion have
linear
what geometry would a 4 ligand complex ion have
tetrahedral (most common)
square planar
what geometry would a 6 ligand complex ion have
octahedral
what is the chelate effect
polydentate ligands (chelating agents) form more stable complexes than do related monodentate ligands
what is a polydentate ligand
ligands with more than one donor atom (donor atoms must be separated by at least two atoms or more)
how many donor atoms does porphine have
4- tetradentate
what is an isomer
two or more compounds that have the same composition but different arrangements of atoms
structural isomer
different order of bonds
stereoisomers
different spacial arrangement
what is a linkage isomer
when a ligand can coordinate to a metal in more than one way
(must contain 2 atoms that can function as a lewis base)
a linkage isomer is a _____ isomer
structural isomer
a coordination-sphere isomer is a
structural isomer
a geometric isomer is a
stereoisomer
an optical isomer is a
stereoisomer
what is a coordination sphere isomer
differ in ligands being directly bonded to the metal vs counterions stabilizing the charge on the compex
what is a geometric isomer
differ in spatial arrangement about the central atom
what geometries can geometric isomers have
square planar or octahedral
what is an optical isomer/enantiomers
structures that are mirror images that cannot be superimposed