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Assignment On Co-Ordination Compounds

This document contains a 10 question problem set from a General Chemistry course at Birla Institute of Technology & Science in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. The problem set covers topics related to coordination chemistry, including calculating crystal field splitting energies for complexes, explaining observations based on d-orbital splitting diagrams, analyzing ligand field effects and coordination geometries of complexes, predicting magnetic properties based on electron configurations, and identifying stereoisomers. Students are instructed to complete one problem for a closed book class test.

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Assignment On Co-Ordination Compounds

This document contains a 10 question problem set from a General Chemistry course at Birla Institute of Technology & Science in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. The problem set covers topics related to coordination chemistry, including calculating crystal field splitting energies for complexes, explaining observations based on d-orbital splitting diagrams, analyzing ligand field effects and coordination geometries of complexes, predicting magnetic properties based on electron configurations, and identifying stereoisomers. Students are instructed to complete one problem for a closed book class test.

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan 333031

First Semester 2015-2016


Course Number: CHEM F111
Course Title: General Chemistry
Marks: 10
Tutorial Problem Set 4 (based on Lecture No.s: 26-30 in the course hand out)
Instructions to the student: The following problems should be solved as home assignment
within a week of display. Any one problem will be assigned as a closed book class test in the
following tutorial hour.

Q. 1 Calculate the CFSE value for following complexes? Which of the following
complexes is/are paramagnetic?
[2 4 +2]
(i) [Co(H2O)6]2+

(ii) [RhF6]3-

(iii) [Co(CN)6]4-

(iv) [Fe(CN)6]4-

Q.2 a) Bis(ethylenediamine)copper(II) complex, [Cu(en)2(H2O)2]2+ exists, whereas


tris(ethylenediamine)copper(II) complex, [Cu(en)3]2+ is remarkably unstable. Justify the
observations by showing the d-orbital splitting diagram.
[6]
b) Tetrahedral complexes are always high-spin, while octahedral complexes can be either
high- or low-spin depending on the metal and/or ligand. What is the most likely
explanation of this experimental result?
[4]
Q. 3 a) The structure of Fe3O4 can be represented as Fe3+[Fe2+Fe3+]O4 instead of
Fe2+[Fe3+2]O4 explain it using crystal field theory (the cationic species within [ ] is in
octahedral lattice site while outside of [ ] is in tetrahedral lattice site of a close-packed
cubic lattice of oxide).
[6]
b) Explain, whether the ions V2+ and Ti2+ will undergo Jahn-Teller distortion or not? [4]
Q. 4 a) The complex ion [Ni(H2O)6]2+ has an absorption peak at a wavelength of 410 nm.
What is the ligand field splitting in the complex in joules, and in kJ/mol? When ammonia
is added to the solution of this complex the colour changes to dark blue-purple and
absorption peak moves to 350 nm. Has the ligand field splitting increased or decreased
compared to the aqua complex?
[4]
b) There are two isomers with formula Pt(NH3)4Br2SO4. In both isomers, the ammonia
molecules are firmly bonded to the Pt ion. By measuring depression of freezing point of
water it is found that 1 mol of one isomer has a depression corresponding to the presence
of three moles of particles, while the other has a depression corresponding to the presence
of two moles of particles. Explain the results and write formulae that show clearly the
make-up of the coordination spheres.
[6]
Q. 5 a) Explain, why in octahedral complex of Cu(II) fluoride, the Cu2+ ion has two F- at
1.92 and four F- at 2.22 distance?
[4]
b) For Co(II) complexes, tetrahedral geometry is preferred over octahedral for bulky
weak field ligands, whereas for Ni(II) complexes the reverse is true, explain.
[6]
Q. 6 How many stereoisomers exist for [CoBr2(dipy)(NH3)2]+. Draw the structures of all
isomers and mention which are chiral.
[10]

Q. 7 Write electronic configuration of metal ions in [CoF6]3 and [CrF6]4 (both


paramagnetic) and predict hybridization of the metal ion and spin-only magnetic moment
of the complex using VBT.
[10]
Q. 8 Calculate the oxidation state of the metal and the number of d electrons in
the following complexes.
[10]
a) [CoCl4]2 b) [Fe(bpy)3]3+ c) [Cu(ox)2]2 d) [Cr(CO)6]
e) cis[PtCl2(en)]
Q. 9 a) Identify the 3d metal (M) in the diamagnetic complex anion M(CN)64-. What is
the oxidation state and d-electron count for this metal?
[4]
b) What is the shape of an organometallic anion [Cu(CF3)4]- ? Explain your reasoning.
Do you expect this substance to be diamagnetic?
[6]
Q. 10 For complexes -C6H5Mn(CO)3 and Cr(acac)3; (a) calculate the formal oxidation
state of the central metal, (b) give the d electron configuration, (c) deduce the
coordination geometry, (d) predict the number of unpaired electrons and (e) give the
number and types of stereoisomers, if any
[10]

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