TURORIAL 5

(CHAPTER 5: COORDINATION COMPOUND)

1. Define coordination number for a metal ion in a complex

2. Name the molecular geometries associated with coordination numbers of 2, 4 and 6

3. For each of the following ligands, determine the number and type of donor atoms in the ligand:

a. ethylenediamine (en)

b. oxalate ion (C2O42-)

c. [EDTA] 4-

4. Determine the coordination numbers of the metal ion in the following complexes:

a. [Au(CN) 4]-

b. [Co(NH3) 4(H2O)2 ]Cl 3

c. [Au(en) 2]Cl3

5. Determine the oxidation numbers of the metal ion in the following complexes:

a. [Cr(C2O4) 3]3-

b. [Mo(en) 3]3+

c. K3[Cr(CN) 6]

d. [PtCl 4]2-

6. State the systematic name for the following compounds:

a. K3[FeF6 ]

b. Na2[CdCl 4]

c. [Co(NH3) 4(H2 O)Br]Br2

d. [Pt(en) 2Br2](ClO4 )2

7. Give formulas based on the following names:

a. Pentaamminechlorochromium(III) chloride

b. Dibromobis(ethylenediamine)cobalt(III) sulfate

c. Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)

8. For any of the following that can exist as isomers, state the type of isomerism and draw the

structures:

a. [Cr(NH3 ) 5(NO2)]2+
 b. [Pt(NH3 ) 4I2]2+

9. Define the following:

a. coordination isomerism

b. ionasation isomerism

c. linkage isomerism

d. hydrate isomerism

10. Sketch mirror images of each of the following. From these sketches, determine whether optical

isomers exist and note this fact on the drawings.

a. [Rh(en) 3]3+

b. trans-[Cr(NH3 )2 (SCN)4 ]-