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There may be too many questions below to go through everything in 1 hour, so please just select
appropriately
1. Identify the donor atoms in the following ligands by completing their Lewis dot structures. Which are
monodentate, which bidentate, which are tridentate and which cannot act as a ligand?
(a) (CH3)2N-N(CH3)2
(b) (CH3)3N
(c) NO3
(d) (O2CCO2)2-
(e) (H3NCH2CH2NH3)2+
(f) (SCH3)-
(g) CH3SCH2CH2SCH2CH2SCH3
2. What is the oxidation state, dn configuration, coordination number and geometry of the central metal in
the following complexes?
(a) [Cr(NH3)6]Cl3
(b) K2[FeO4]
(c) K[AuCl4]
(d) [Ag(NH3)2]ClO4
(e) [Ir(bpy)2Cl2]Cl
(f) [Pt(PPh3)2Cl2]
(g) Ru(CO)5
(h) [Co(en)2(C2O4)]NO3
(i) [Ru(terpy)2]2+
(j) [Co(dien)2]3+
O O
en = ox = bpy =
H2N NH2
O O N N
3. Determine the crystal field stabilisation energy as a multiple of o or t for each of the following
complexes using the spectrochemical series to decide which are high spin and which are low spin.
(a) [Co(NH3)6]3+
(b) [Fe(H2O)6]2+
(c) [Fe(CN)6]4-
(d) [Cr(NH3)6]3+
(e) [W(CO)6]
(f) [FeCl4]-
(g) [Ni(CO)4]
(h) [MnO4]-
4. What isomeric forms would you expect for the following complexes? Sketch them.
(a) Rh(py)3Cl3
(b) Ir(CO)Cl(PPh3)2
(c) [Co(en)2(NH3)Cl]2+
(d) [Pd(SCN)4]2-
(a) [MoI(CO)5]-
(b) [CuF6]3-
(c) Na4[Mn(CN)6]
(d) [Ni(NH3)6](ClO4)2
(e) [CoCl2(NH3)4]+