Introduction & Classification of Haloalkanes
In aliphatic or aromatic compounds, the replacement of hydrogen atom(s) by halogen atom(s) results in the formation of alkyl halide (haloalkane) and aryl halide...
Importance and Application of Coordination Compounds
Importance and Application of Coordination Compounds:
EDTA is used in the estimation of Ca2+ and Mg2+ in hardwater. The Ca2+ and...
Metal Carbonyls
Metal Carbonyls
The homoleptic complexes in which carbon monoxide (CO) acts as the ligand are called metal carbonyls.
For example: Ni(CO)4
Structure of some important metal carbonyls...
Stability and Colors in coordination compounds
The stability of the coordination compound depends on
Nature of the ligand:
Chelating ligands form strong and more stable complexes than the monodentate ligands. The π-...
Werner’s theory of coordination compounds
According to Werner's theory of coordination compounds, there are two types of valencies in coordination compounds:
Primary valencies: These are ionizable...
Isomerism in coordination compounds
Isomers are two or more compounds that have the same chemical formula but a different arrangement of atoms.
Types of Isomerism
There are two types of...
Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds
Nomenclature is important in Coordination Chemistry because of the need to have an unambiguous method of describing formulas and writing systematic names, particularly when...
Introduction to Co-Ordination Compounds
The transition metals form a large number of complex compounds in which the metal atoms are bound to a number of anions or neutral...
Actinoids – Properties and Uses
Actinoids
The 14 elements immediately following actinium (89), with atomic numbers 90 (Thorium) to 103 (Lawrencium) are called actinoids. They belong to second inner transition...
Inner Transition elements (f- Block) Introduction and Lanthanoids
Inner Transition elements (f- Block) Introduction
The elements in which the differentiating electron enters the penultimate energy level i.e. (n−2)f, are called f-block elements. Due...