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CH3201 Reactivity and Properties of the Elements and their Compounds

Question 1. recall the chemistry of inorganic rings, chains, polymers and networks;

Question 2. explain and predict the strength and stability of p-bonding in the main group compounds;

Question 3. discuss and comment on the role of d-orbitals in bonding in main group compounds;

Question 4. recall the periodic trends in reactivity and structure within the p-block;

Question 5. explain the nature of orbital overlap within the double bonded Group 14 compounds;

Question 6. recall synthetic routes to boranes and carboranes and be aware of their reactivity;

Question 7. understand and implement Wade's rules;

Question 8. recall the general reactions utilised in the synthesis of main group metal-alkyl species;

Question 9. discuss the structure and bonding in main group metal-alkyl and metal-hydride species;

Question 10. interpret multinuclear NMR spectra to determine structure within main group species and to elucidate fluxional processes;

Question 11. explain trends in the reaction rates of transition metal complexes;

Question 12. recall basic substitution mechanisms of metal complexes, as well as mechanisms for rearrangement;

Question 13. discuss substitution pathways for square planar complexes;

Question 14. understand, and implement in the design of synthetic procedures, the trans effect and the trans influence;

Question 15. describe the mechanisms by which electron transfer can occur;

Question 16. identify likely electron transfer mechanisms for a given complex;

Question 17. explain/predict substitution pathways for typical substitutionally inert complexes;

Question 18. identify magnetic behaviour by the variation of the magnetic susceptibility with temperature;

Question 19. discuss the relationship between the magnetic susceptibility and the magnetic moment;

Question 20. predict the orbital contribution for a given dn configuration;

Question 21. predict the temperature dependence of an orbital contribution;

Question 22. predict the occurrence and magnitude of Jahn-Teller distortions in transition metal complexes;

Question 23. explain the relative preferences for low or high spin configurations in d4-7 complexes;

Question 24. identify HS-LS equilibria and explain the nature of a given equilibrium;

Question 25. relate the roles of solvation and coordination environment in stabilising metal and non-metal species;

Question 26. write out the periodic table, excluding lanthanides and actinides;

Question 27. understand the origins of the spectrochemical series and how to, from first principles, to place an unseen ligand within the series;

Question 28. count electrons and derive electron configurations for transition metal complexes and organometallics in weak/strong field cases;

Question 29. correlate spectra of transition metal complexes to symmetry and d-electron configuration;

Question 30. understand the effects of crystal field stabilisation energy on the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of complex ions;

Question 31. understand qualitatively the thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions of metal-ligand complexes.

Question 32. understand experimental methods for the investigation of reaction mechanisms and interpret experimental data.