Transition metals Flashcards
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4 chemical properties of transition metals
-variable oxidation state
-form complex ions
-catalysis
-colour
transition metals
Transition metals = one which forms one or more stable ions which have incompletely filled d orbitals
Zn and Sc = not transition metals
complex ions
Complex ions:
1) has a metal ion at its centre
2) ligands = molecules or ions surrounding it, attached to the central ion by a dative covalent bond
ligands as donors
All ligands are lone pair donors = lewis bases. Ligands are Lewis bases - they contain at least one pair of electrons to donate to a metal atom/ion. Ligands are also called complexing agents. Metal atoms/ions are Lewis acids - they can accept pairs of electrons from Lewis bases.
ligand
Ligand = particle with a lone pair that forms a coordinate bon to a metal
complex
Complex = metal ion with ligands co-oordinately bonded to it
co-ordination number
Co-ordination number = number of co-ordinate bonds from ligands to metal ions
accepting ligands
Transition metals have empty valence orbitals which can accept pairs of electrons from ligands.
[CuCl4]2+
This molecule has a 2- charge because the Cu2+ and 4Cl- cancel out to form 2- charge overall.
The coordinate number of CuCl4 is 4 because there are 4 coordinate bonds.
copper metal vs copper ion
Copper metal = 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1 3d10
Copper ion = 1s2 2s2 3s2 3p6 3d9
[Al(H2O)6]3+
Charge is 3+ because there is zero charge from the water molecule and 3+ from the Al.
Coordinate number = 6 bc there are 6 co-ordinate bonds
Octahedral
linear
Linear = 2 coordination number = Ag complexes e.g [Ag(NH3)2]3+
tetrahedral
Tetrahedral = 4 coordination number = large ligands like [CuCl4]2+
square planar
Square planar = Pt+ complexes e.g [PtCl4]3+
octahedral
Octahedral = most common = [Cu(H2O)2]2+
exceptions for the shape of complex ions
-Ag forms linear complexes
-Pt forms square planar complexes
types of ligands
Ligands can be unidentate (e.g. H2O, NH3 and Cl - ) which can form one coordinate bond per ligand or bidentate (e.g. NH2CH2CH2NH2 and ethanedioate ion C2O4 2- ) which have two atoms with lone pairs and can form two coordinate bonds per ligand, or multidentate (e.g. EDTA4- which can form six coordinate bonds per ligand).
unidentate ligands
-unidentate ligands = form 1 co-ordinate bonds e.g H2O, OH-, NH3, CN, Cl-
e.g [Cu(H2O)6]2+ [CuCl4)2-
bidentate ligands
-bidentate ligands = form 2 co-ordinate bonds e.g 1,2-diaminoethane (NH2CH2CH2NH2) or ethandioate (C2O4)2-
[Cr(NH2CH2CH2NH2)3]3+ or [Cr(C2O4)3]3-
NH3 charge
neutral
notes for specification
-octahedral complexes can display cis-trans complexes with monodendtate ligands and optical isomerism with bidentate ligands
cisplatin =
cis isomer
Ag+ forms linear complex used in tollens reagent
[Ag(NH3)2]+
incomplete subsitution
[Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2]2+