Transition Metals and
Coordination Chemistry
Chapter 19
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1. Which of the following substances can NOT act as a ligand?
a. H2O
b. OH–
c. CO
d. NH4+
e. Br–
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2. Which of the following can act as a chelate? Circle all that apply.
a. NH2CH2CH2NH2
b. C2O42–
c. NH2CH2CH2NHCH2CH2NH2
d. SCN–
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3. Fill in the following table:
Name
lithium hexahydroxoferrate(III)
diamminedichloro(ethylendiamine)chromium(III) sulfate
potassium tetrabromodicyanoplatinate(II)
bis(ethylenediamine)oxalatomanganese(IV) nitrate
Formula
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4. Fill in the following table:
Substance/Ion
[Pt(NH3)3Br]+
K[Co(en)BrCl3]
[Ni(CO)4] Br2
Na[Mn(C2O4)2(CN)2]
[Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2][PtI6]
Ox #
Coord. #
Name
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5. Which of the following can NOT form linkage isomers?
a. SCN–
b. NO2–
c. NO3–
d. all can form linkage isomers
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6. Rank the following 0.1M aqueous solutions by their conductivity in
water.
I. [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3
II. [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]Cl•(H2O)2
III. [Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2•H2O
What type of isomers are illustrated above?
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7. Which of the following substances can have geometric isomers?
a. [Co(NH3)5Cl]SO4
b. [Co(NH3)6]Cl3
c. Li[Co(NH3)3Cl3]
d. K[Co(NH3)2Cl4]
e. Na3[CoCl6]
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8. Give the number of geometric isomers for the octahedral compound
[MA2B2C2], where A, B, and C represent ligands.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
e. 6
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9. For the process Co(NH3)5Cl2+ + Cl–  Co(NH3)4Cl2+ + NH3, what
would be the ratio of cis to trans isomers in the product?
a. 1:1
b. 1:2
c. 1:4
d. 4:1
e. 2:1
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10. Which of the following statements about the complex ion
Co(en)2Cl2+ is true? (en = ethylenediamine, NH2CH2CH2NH2)
a. The complex ion contains Co(I).
b. The complex ion exhibits cis and trans geometric isomers,
but no optical isomers.
c. The complex ion exhibits two geometric isomers (cis and
trans) and two optical isomers.
d. The geometric isomers of the complex ion have identical
chemical properties.
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11. The compound Co(NH3)4Cl3 (233.44g/mol) has several structural
isomers. A solution is made by dissolving 0.875 g of one of the
isomer in 25.0 g of water. The solution freezes at -0.56 °C. (Kf =
1.86 °C kg/mol)
Which of the following is the correct structural isomer?
a. [Co(NH3)4Cl3]
b. [Co(NH3)4Cl2]Cl
c. [Co(NH3)4Cl]Cl2
d. [Co(NH3)4]Cl3
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12. Draw the d orbital diagrams according to the crystal field model in
order to predict how many unpaired electrons are in each of the
following:
a. [Fe(CN)6]3b. [CoBr6]4c. [Mn(en)2]3+ (tetrahedral)
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Energy
Octahedral
Splitting
d orbitals for a free metal ion
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Energy
Tetrahedral
Splitting
d orbitals for a free metal ion
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13. An orange complex and a violet complex were both found to have
ferric ion as their central metal; which one absorbs light with a
longer wavelength?
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14. Solutions of [Co(NH3)6]3+ , [Co(NO2)6]3-and [CoF6]3- are colored.
The solutions were red, yellow and blue. Match the solution to the
color.
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15. The complex ion [Zn(H2O)6]2+ is colorless whereas [Ni(H2O)6]2+ is
green, explain.
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16. A crystal that contains a complex ion is known to absorb 266
kJ/mol. Determine the color of the crystal.
Color
λ (nm)
Violet
400
Blue
450
Blue-Green
490
Yellow-Green
570
Yellow
580
Orange
600
Red
650
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1. Define:
a. Lewis acid => electron pair acceptor and Lewis base =>
electron pair donar
b. Ligand => Lewis base
c. Chelate => Ligand that can form more than one coordination
covalent bond
d. Coordination number => Number of coordination covalent
bonds per metal atom
e. Counter ion => Oppositely charged ion necessary to neutralize
another ion
f. Isomer => Same chemical formula – different properties
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2. Rank the following 1 M solutions of structural isomers by their
conductivity in water.
a. [Cr(H2O)6]Cl3  [Cr(H2O)6]3+ + 3Cl–
(4 ions)
b. [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]Cl•(H2O)2  [Cr(H2O)4Cl2]+ + Cl– + 2H2O
(2 ions)
c. [Cr(H2O)5Cl]Cl2•H2O  [Cr(H2O)5Cl]2+ + 2Cl– + H2O
(3 ions)
Relative conductivity => a > c > b
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3.
Name
Formula
lithium hexahydroxoferrate(III)
Li3[Fe(OH)6]
diamminedichloroethylendiaminechromium(III) sulfate
[Cr(NH3)2Cl2(en)] 2SO4
bis(ethylenediamine)oxalatomanganese(IV) nitrate
[Mn(en)2(ox)](NO3)2
or
[Mn(NH2CH2CH2NH2)2(C2O4)](NO3)2
potassium dibromodicyanoplatinate(II)
K2[PtBr2(CN)2]
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4.
Substance/Ion
Ox # CN
Name
[Pt(NH3)3Br]+
+2
4
triamminebromoplatinum(II) ion
K[CoBrCl3(en)]
+3
6
potassium bromotrichloro(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III)
[Ni(CO)4] Br2
+2
4
tetracarbonylnickel(II) bromide
Na2[Mn(C2O4)2(CN)(NO2)]
+4
6
sodium cyanonitrobisoxalatomanganate(IV)
[Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2][PtI6]
+2,
+4
6, 6
tetraamminediaquacopper(II) hexaiodoplatinate(IV)
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5. _____ isomers and _____ isomers are classes of structural isomers.
a. Geometric, optical
b. Coordination, geometric
c. Linkage, geometric
d. Coordination, linkage
e. Geometric, linkage
6. Which of the following complexes shows geometric isomerism?
a. [Co(NH3)5Cl]SO4
b. [Co(NH3)6]Cl3
c. Li[Co(NH3)3Cl3]
d. K[Co(NH3)2Cl4]
e. Na3[CoCl6]
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7. Give the number of geometric isomers for the octahedral compound
[MA2B2C2], where A, B, and C represent ligands.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 5
e. 6
A
A
C
A
B
C
C
B
M
M
B
C
A
M
B
C
B
C
A
B
A
B
C
C
A
A
M
M
A
C
B
B
B
A
C
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8. For the process Co(NH3)5Cl2+ + Cl–  Co(NH3)4Cl2+ + NH3, what
would be the ratio of cis to trans isomers in the product?
a. 1:1
N
N
N
N
Cl
b. 1:2
N
Cl
N
Cl
Co
Co
Co
c. 1:4
Cl
N
N
N
N
N
d. 4:1
N
N
Cl
e. 2:1
N
N
N
Cl
Cl
Co
N
Cl
N
Co
N
Cl
Cl
Co
N
N
Cl
Cl
N
N
N
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9. Which of the following statements about the complex ion Co(en)2Cl2+
is true? (en = ethylenediamine, NH2CH2CH2NH2)
a. The complex ion contains Co(I).
b. The complex ion exhibits cis and trans geometric isomers,
but no optical isomers.
c. The complex ion exhibits two geometric isomers (cis and
trans) and two optical isomers.
d. Because en is a strong field ligand (large Δ), the complex ion
is paramagnetic.
e. The geometric isomers of the complex ion have identical
chemical properties.
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10. A solution is made by dissolving 0.875 g of Co(NH3)4Cl3 in 25.0 g
of water. The solution freezes at -0.56 °C. (Kf = 1.86 °C kg/mol)
Calculate the number of ions (i) produced when Co(NH3)4Cl3 is
dissolved in water.
ΔTf = - kfim
-0.56C = -(1.86 Ckg/mol)(i)(0.875g/233.44g/mol)/(0.025kg)
i = 2 => [Co(NH3)4Cl2]Cl
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11. An orange complex and a violet complex were both found to have
ferric ion as their central metal; which one absorbs light with a
longer wavelength?
The orange complex absorbs blue light and the violet complex
absorbs yellow light – λyellow > λblue – so the violet complex absorbs the
longer wavelength
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12. Draw the d orbital diagrams according to the crystal field model in
order to predict how many unpaired electrons are in each of the
following:
a. [ Fe(CN)6]4b. [CoBr6]3c. [Fe(H2O)4]3+ (tetrahedral)
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13. Solutions of [Co(NH3)6]3+ , [Co(NO2)6]3-and [CoF6]3- are colored.
The solutions were red, yellow and blue. Match the solution to the
color.
Color Seen
Color
Absorbed
Relative
Wavelength
Relative
Energy
Relative
Ligand
Strength
Ligand
red
green
medium
medium
medium
NH3
yellow
violet
shortest
highest
strongest
NO2-
blue
orange
longest
lowest
weakest
F-
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14. The complex ion [Zn(H2O)6]2+ is colorless whereas [Ni(H2O)6]2+ is
green, explain.
Zn2+ => [Ar]3d10 => since all of the d orbitals are filled the d
electrons if excited would have to absorb an energy outside of the
visible spectrum => if the compound doesn’t absorb visible light
it will be colorless (with the exception of black which is absorbing
all visible colors)