Thursday, May 31, 2012
Final exam review
As in the previous post, (en) is bidentate, so the compound in problem 10 is not actually real (we can have a maximum coordination number of 6, corresponding to an octahedral shape - the coordination number here is 9). But for the purpose of naming, we can still name the compound.
Crystal field theory
Please note that the compound in problems 2 and 3 is not actually real. The coordination number for the compound as written is 8, which is not possible. This is because (en) - ethylenediamine is a bidentate ligand. If (en) were monodentate, it would be octahedral as in problem 3. This is not actually correct, but the example can still be useful.
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