STUDY GUIDE

Experiment 4&5:













(C
7
H
8
)Mo(CO)
3.
(C
7
H
7
)Mo(CO)
2
I are pseudo C
s
symmetry (brown/orange,yellow)
(C
7
H
7
)Mo(CO)
+
is pseudo C
3v
(green)
CO is a sigma-donor, pi-acceptor (also known as pi-complexes)
Frequency/wavenumber order: (Lowest -> Highest)
o (C
7
H
8
)Mo(CO)
3 .
(C
7
H
7
)Mo(CO)
2
I. (C
7
H
7
)Mo(CO)
+
.
Experiment 3:
4 KMnO
4
+ 12 C
5
H
8
O
2
+ 2 H
2
O 4 Mn(C
5
H
8
O
2
)
3
+ 4 KOH + 7 O
2
Mn(C
5
H
8
O
2
)
3
+ CHCl
3
MnCl(C
5
H
8
O
2
)
2
+ CHCl
2
+
+ C
5
H
8
O
2
-


Mn(acac)
3
is:
o High spin, paramagnetic
o (t
2g
)
3
(e
g
)
1

o Octahedral
o D
3
, pseudo O
h
symmetry
o Black Precipitate
Two methods:
o Gouy Method
o Evans Method (calculation)
Procedure
Exactly 0.375 grams of KMnO
4
were weighed and added to a 25mL Erlenmeyer flask filled with 7.5
mL of H
2
O. The solution was heated to 80
o
C and then allowed to cool to room temperature. Once
cooled, 1.7 mL of acetylacetonate was carefully added and the solution boiled once more. After 5
minutes, the solution was removed from the hot plate and subsequently cooled in an ice bath. Vacuum
filtration was performed, crystals were collected and weighed, and NMR analysis was performed with
both the product (Mn(acac)
3
) and the solvent (CHCl
3
).
Calculations:
X
M
(Molar Susceptibility) =

)
) where ) ) , Q = 1 for electromagnet or 2 for
superconducting magnet; and c is the concentration of solute in mole/L.
















Experiment 2


H
2
TPP has D
2h
symmetry which becomes D
4h
in the presence of a metal.
Copper and Zinc complex were red shifted (shift towards longer wavelength, lower energy);
copper less than zinc.
Reactions:
4C
6
H
5
CHO + 4C
4
H
4
NH + 3/2 O
2
C
44
H
30
N
4
+ 7H
2
O
H
2
TPP + Cu(O
2
CCH
3
)
2
(H
2
O) Cu(TPP) + 2HO
2
CCH
3
+ H
2
O
H
2
TPP + ZnCl
2
Zn(TPP) + 2HCl

Experiment 1

CuCl
2
2DMSO (green) and PdCl
2
2DMSO (orange) are square planar complexes
RuCl
2
* 4DMSO (yellow) forms an octahedral complex
CuCl
2
+ 2DMSO CuCl
2
2DMSO
PdCl
2
+ 2DMSO PdCl
2
2DMSO
RuCl
3
+ 4DMSO RuCl
3
4DMSO RuCl
2
4DMSO
If:
o S-O < wavenumber, then bonded to oxygen and compound is a hard acid (copper and
ruthenium)
o S-O > wavenumber, then bonded to sulfur and compound is a soft acid (palladium)
DMSO functions as both a soft and hard base
Soft goes with soft, hard with hard
High charge states coupled with being weakly polarizable lead to a title application of
hard acid. In the same way, low charge states that are highly polarizable have the title
of soft.