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Transition Metals Flashcards

1
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Define a transition metal

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Stable ions with partially filled d orbitals

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2
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What are the characteristics of transition metals?

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They have no electrons in the 3d orbitals

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3
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Why are zinc and scandium not transition metals?

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4s

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4
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Define ligands

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They have many stable oxidation states

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5
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Define complex

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Donates a lone pair of electrons to the central atom

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What is a co-ordination number?

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A central atom or ion surrounded with ligands

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7
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What is a monodentate ligand?

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Number if co-ordinate bonds to the central atom/ion

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8
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State three examples of monodentate ligands

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9
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What are the similarities between NH3 and H2O?

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Small ligands- H2O, NH3, OH-, CN-
Larger ligands- Cl-

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10
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Describe the change in co-ordination number and charge when H2O replaces NH3

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No change

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11
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Why may a ligand substitution be incomplete?

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Change in the co-ordination number

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12
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Give an example of a ligand larger than NH3 and H2O

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Oxygen forms a co-ordinate bond to iron (II) in Haemoglobin, this enables oxygen to be transported in the blood

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13
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What changes when you replace H2O with Cl- ?

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It replaces the oxygen co-ordinately bonded to Fe(II) in haemoglobin

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14
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Define bidentate ligand

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Octahedral complexes that display cis-trans isomerism

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15
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State two examples of bidentate ligands

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Electrons get excited by heat and radiation so some of the wavelengths of visible light are absorbed and the remaining are transmitted or reflected.

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16
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Define multidentate ligand

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The d orbital electrons move from the ground state to an excited state when light is absorbed.

17
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Give an example of a multidentate ligand

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18
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What is heam and example of?

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Change in oxidation state.
Change in Co-ordination number
Change in ligand.

19
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What is one role of O2 in the blood?

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Use of radiation to determine the structure/identity of a molecule.

20
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Define entropy

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Measure of disorder that determines what reactions are feasible.

21
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State the chelate effect.

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A large increase in disroder/entropy when a bidentate ligand subs out a mondentate ligand.

22
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What makes a reaction feasible?

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When the products are less than the reactants therefore the reaction is more stable and entropically favourable.
This is an exothermic reaction.

23
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Explain what kind of reaction is never feasible.

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When the reactants are greater than the products, there’s an increase of energy in the system (endothermic) but a decrease in disorder but these two can not occur at once, therefore it’s not feasible.

24
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State the role of a catalyst.

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Speed up rate of chemical reactions- lowering the activation energy by providing an alternate pathway for molecules to travel though

25
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What is a heterogenous catalyst?

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A catalyst that is in a different phase from the reactants and the reaction occurs at active sites on the surface.

26
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Give examples of two heterogeneous catalysts and what processes they are used in.

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Fe in the Haber process
V2O5 in the Contact process.

27
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What causes reduced efficiency in heterogeneous catalysts?

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They can become poisoned by impurities that block active sites

28
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Define a homogenous catalyst.

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A catalyst that is in the same phase as the reactants.

29
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State the equation of the catalyst used in the Contact process

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30
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State the equation of the catalyst used in the Haber process

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31
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What is amphoteric character?

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When a metal hydroxide dissolves in both acids and bases.

32
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How does V2O5 act as a catalyst in the contact process?

(Use equations)

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33
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How do Fe ^2+ ions catalyse the reaction between I- and S2O8^2- ?

(Use equations)

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34
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How do Mn^2+ ions autocatalyse the reaction between C2O4^2- and MnO4- ?

(Use equations)

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