Section 1 - Foundations of Chemistry
Section 2 - Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
Section 3 - Chemical Quantities and Stoichiometry
Section 4 - Types of Chemical Reactions and Solution Stoichiometry
Section 5 - Gases
Section 6 - Thermochemistry
Section 7 - The Quantum Mechanical View of the Atom and Periodicity
Section 8 - Chemical Bonding
Section 9 - Covalent Bonding and Molecular Orbitals
Section 10 - Liquids, Solids, and Intermolecular Forces
Section 11 - Solutions and Their Properties
Section 12 - Chemical Kinetics
Section 13 - Chemical Equilibrium
Section 14 - Acids and Bases
Section 15 - Applications of Acid-Base Equilibria
Section 16 - Spontaneity, Entropy, and Free Energy
Section 17 - Electrochemistry
Section 18 - Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
Section 19 - Nuclear Chemistry
Section 20 - An Introduction to Organic Chemistry
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Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry -- Section 18 of General Chemistry Notes is 22 pages in length (page 18-1 through page 18-22) and covers ALL you'll need to know on the following lecture/book topics:
SECTION 18 - Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry
18-1 -- The Importance of Transition Metals
· The d-block Metals
18-2 -- General Properties of Transition Metals
· The Addition of Core Electrons to Inner d-orbitals and f-orbitals
· Chemical Properties and Physical Properties
· The Formation of Ionic Compounds
· Multiple Oxidation States
· Complex Ions and Paramagnetism
18-4 -- Electron Configurations
· The Diagonal Rule
· Oxidation States (Oxidation Numbers)
18-5 -- Ionization Energy Trends
18-5 -- Atomic Radius Trends and Ionic Radius Trends
· The Lanthanide Contraction
18-6 -- Coordination Compounds
· Complex Ions, Ligands, and Counterions
· Paramagnetic Complexes vs. Diamagnetic Complexes
· Oxidation Numbers vs. Coordination Number
· Geometries of Complex Ions (Linear, Tetrahedral, Square Planar, Octahedral)
18-8 -- Ligands (“Coordinate Covalent Bonds”)
· Monodentate Ligands (Unidentate Ligands) and Bidentate Ligands
· The Oxalate Ligand and the Ethylenediamine Ligand
· Polydentate Ligands
· EDTA, a Hexadentate Ligand
· Chelating Ligands (“Chelates”)
18-10 -- Naming Coordination Compounds
· Names of Some Common Ligands
18-12 -- Isomerism of Complex Ions
· Isomers and Types of Isomerism
18-12 -- Structural Isomers
· Coordination Isomerism
· Linkage Isomerism
18-13 -- Stereoisomerism
· Geometrical Isomerism (Cis-Trans Isomers)
· Optical Isomerism
· Enantiomers and Chiral Compounds
18-16 -- Hybridization
· sp Hybridized Complexes (linear)
· sp3 Hybridized Complexes (tetrahedral, square planar)
· d2sp3 Hybridized Complexes (octahedral)
18-16 -- The Crystal Field Model
· Magnetic Properties of Complex Ions
· Ligands as “Negative Point-Charges”
· d-orbital Splitting: the "eg set" vs. the "t2g set"
18-17 -- Crystal Field Splitting
· Strong-Field Case (Large Splitting, Low-Spin)
· Weak-Field Case (Small Splitting, High-Spin)
· Strong-Field Ligands vs. Weak-Field Ligands
18-20 -- Why are Transition Metal Complexes Usually Colored?
· Complimentary Colors
· Ground States vs. Excited States
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