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what is meant by a transition metal

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A transition metal is a d-block element that can form at least one stable ion with an incomplete d sub-shell

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What are the 4 characteristics of transition metals

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  • complex formation
  • formation of coloured ions
  • variable oxidation state
  • catalyts
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What colour complex is vanadium 2+ in solution

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violet

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What colour is vanadium 3+ in solution

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green

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What colour complex does vO 2+

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blue

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What colour does VO2 + form

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Yellow

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What are the trends in oxidation states

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  • Relative stability of +2 state with respect to +3 state increases across the period
  • Compounds with high oxidation states tend to be oxidising agents e.g MnO4 -
  • Compounds with low oxidation states are often reducing agents e.g V2+ & Fe2+
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What metal can reduce transition metals from a higher oxidation state to a lower oxidation state

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Zinc

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What colour does chromium three plus make

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green/violet

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What colour is Cr2O72-

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orange

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What colour is Mn 2+

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Pink

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What colour is MNO4 2-

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Purple

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Why are scandium and zinc not transition metals

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they have a full d outer sub shell

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What colour is Fe2+

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Pale green

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What colour does Fe 3+ form

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Yellow

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What colour is Co 2+

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Pink

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What colour is Cu 2+

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Blue

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State what is meant by a complex metal

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:is a central metal ion surrounded by ligand linked by coordinate bonds

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State what is meant by a ligand

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An atom, ion or molecule which can donate a lone pair of electrons

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State what is meant by co-ordination number

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the number of co-ordinate bonds in a complex

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What is a monodentate ligand and give examples of one

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a ligand that can form one co-ordinate bond per ligand

Examples are water, ammonia, cl-

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What is a bidentate ligand and examples

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two atoms with lone pairs and can form two coordinate bonds per ligand

examples are: Ethabedioate, ethane-1-2, diamine

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What is a multidentate ligand and give examples

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which can form six coordinate bonds per ligand

examples is EDTA

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What determines the shape of a complex

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size of ligands

co-ordination number

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What shape do complexes with a co-ordination number of 6 form
octahedral shape
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What kind of isomerism do complexes show
Cis and trans
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Some octahedral complexes can form optical isomers what types of ligands do these complexes have
3 bidentate ligands can form two optical isomers
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What shape do complexes with a coordination number of 4 form
Tetrahedral or square planar example of tetrahedral is cucl4 the only square planar one you have to know is CisPlatin
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What shape do complexes with a coordination number of 2 form
Linear example is tollens reagent
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What happens when [Co(H2O)6]2+ reacts with 6 ammonia molecules
Forms [Co(H2O)6]2+ (aq) + 6NH3 (aq) →[Co(NH3 )6]2+ (aq) + 6H2O (l) Pink to yellow The ligands NH3 and H2O are similar in size and are uncharged, so exchange occurs without change of co-ordination number
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what happens when [Cu(H2O)6]2+ reacts with ammonia
There is a partial substitution [Cu(H2O)6]2+ (aq) + 4NH3 (aq)  [Cu(NH3 )4 (H2O)2]2+ (aq) + 4H2O (l) colour change: blue to deep blue Reacts with excess ammonia
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What happens when [Cu(H2O)6]2+ reacts with chloride
[Cu(H2O)6]2+ + 4Cl → [CuCl4]2- + 6H2O ## Footnote The Colour change is blue to green/yellow co-ordination number changes from 6 to 4 because Cl- is a bigger ligand
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What happens when [Co(H2O)6]2+ reacts with chloride
[Co(H2O)6]2+ + 4Cl → [CoCl4]2- + 6H2O ## Footnote The Colour change is pink to blue co-ordination number changes from 6 to 4 because Cl- is a bigger ligand
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What happens when [Fe(H2O)6]3+ reacts with 4 chloride ions
[Fe(H2O)6]3+ + 4Cl → [FeCl4]- + 6H2O ## Footnote The Colour change is yellow to yellow co-ordination number changes from 6 to 4 because Cl- is a bigger ligand
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Why can't the reaction between [Fe(H20)6]3+ and cyanide ions not be easily reversed
because the cyanide ligand forms a stronger bond to the iron
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How does human haemoglobin transport oxygen
- oxygen substitutes the water ligand in the lungs - this forms oxyhaemglobin, this the deposit water at oxygen and picks up water instead
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What is the effect of carbon monoxide on haemoglobin
- Carbon monoxide is inhaled carbon monoxide replaces the water ligand - carbon monoxide bonds strongly to haemoglobin - thsi means oxygen won't be picked up
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What is the chelate effect
When a monodentate lighand is substituted of with a bidentate or a multidentate ligand leads to a more stable complex
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What happens to orbitals when a ligand is added to it
they go through d-orbital splitting, where two orbitals are in a higher energy level and three are in a lower energy level
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Explain why complexes with a partially filled d subshell can form coloured complexes
-The electrons can now move to a higher energy level (from ground state to the excited state because they have been exited, due to absorbing visible light the light that is not absorbed is transmitted to give the substance colour
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ΔE = hv or ΔE = hc/λ above is the equation for delta E (energy gap) what does each symbol mean
v = frequency of light absorbed (unit s-1 or Hz) H = Planck’s constant 6.63 × 10–34 (J s) E = energy difference between split orbitals (J) c = speed of light 3.00 x 108 (m s–1 ) λ = wavelength of light absorbed (m)
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What is delta E and is the size of delta e dependent on
energy gap 1. Dependent on the central atom and oxidation tate 2. type of ligand 3. co-ordination number
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Why do some complexes produce colourless or white
because those complexes gave full or empty three-d sub shell, so no electrons can migrate to a higher energy level
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What can affect the redox potential of transition metals
if they are not done in standard conditions
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The more acidic the solution the more …… the electrode potential
larger the electrode potential which means it easily reduced
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What are the two types of catalyst
Heterogenous and homogenous
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What happens to vandium 5+ in acidic solution if you add zinc
will reduce the vanadium down through each successive oxidation state, and the colour would change from yellow to blue to green to violet.
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State what is meant by a heterogenous catalyst
heterogeneous catalyst is in a different phase from the reactants
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State what is meant by a homogenous catalyst
homogeneous catalyst is in the same phase as the reactants
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How do heterogeneous catalysts work
1. Reactants adsorb into the surface (in mark schemes) by forming bonds with atoms at active sites on the catalyst's surface 2. bonds in the reactants are weakened and break or a reaction happens 3. the product desorbs of the surface of the catalyst
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How is vanadium used in the contact process, give the overall and step equations
Overall equation : 2SO2 + O2 → 2SO3 step 1 SO2 + V2O5→ SO3 + V2O4 step 2: 2V2O4 + ½ O2 → 2V2O5
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What is the name of the catalyst used in the Haber process
Iron
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What is meant by the phrase poising catalysts?
when poisoned by impurities and which reduces efficiency this means that less product is made, catalyst needs to be replaced or cleaned,
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How do homogenous catalysts work
-form an intermediate
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What's different about homogenous energy profiles
they have two activation energies
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How do homogenous catalysts work with S2o8 and I-
s2o8 2- + 2Fe2+ → 2Fe3+ + 2so4 2- 2fe3+ + 2I- → I2 + 2Fe2+ Fe2+ is refomed
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What is autocatalysis
another form of homogenous catalysts where the product catalyses the reaction
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What is an example of autocatalysis
Mn2+ 2MnO4- + 16h+ + 5C2O42- → 2Mn2+ + 8H20 + 10Co2 then Mn2+ + Mno4- + 8H+ → 2Mn3+ + 4H2o then 2Mn3+ c2O42- + 2Mn 2+ + 2Co2

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