5.2.1 - Stabilization of Oxidation States
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What is a ligand?
💡 Hint: Think about what surrounds a metal in a coordination complex.
Define the inert-pair effect.
💡 Hint: Consider how s electrons behave in these heavy metals.
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What role do ligands play in the stabilization of oxidation states?
💡 Hint: Think about how different ligands might affect the behavior of transition metals.
True or False: The inert-pair effect refers to the tendency of s electrons in heavier metals to remain nonbonding.
💡 Hint: What do we know about the involvement of s electrons in bonding?
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Analyze how changing the ligand from Cl⁻ to CN⁻ would affect the oxidation state stability of a given metal. Discuss the implications.
💡 Hint: Consider the properties of ligands and the octahedral field theory.
Design an experiment to demonstrate the impact of Jahn-Teller distortion in manganese complexes, detailing the expected outcomes.
💡 Hint: Think about how distortion would make some wavelengths more or less likely to be absorbed.
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