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Remember From Last Class

 2 Formulas of Complex Ions

● Metal center written first.

● Parentheses used for molecule
ligands (H2O, NH3, CO, CN).
● No parenthesis for single-atom
ligands (F-, Cl-, Br-, etc.)
● Entire complex ion is enclosed in
BRACKETS, with charge outside.
● Charge of complex ion = metal’s
[Co(NH3)4Cl2]+1 oxidation state + charge on all
ligands
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Coordination Compounds
Coordination compound: a compound containing a
complex ion, usually solids

Counterions: the ions outside the complex ion, which

keep the compound neutral
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Coordination Compounds in H2O

In coordination compounds, the ions separate upon
dissolution in water, but the complex ion remains
intact.
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Formative Quiz

Complex ions Oxidation state on the metal Ligand Coordination number

[Co(NH3)6]3+      

[Pt(NH3)4I2]2+      

[Fe(CN)6]4-      

[Cr(H2O)5Br]Br2      

[Mn(H2O)6]I2      
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Complex ion geometries

● Linear
● Square Planar
● Tetrahedral
● Octahedral
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Drawing Wedge-Bond Diagrams

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Drawing Wedge-Bond Diagrams
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Learning Check
Draw the geometry of the cobalt (III)
complex ion [Co(NH3)4Cl2]x+ and determine
the value of x.
Unidentate ligands
 Polydentate Ligands
• Some ligands have two or more donor atoms.
• These are called polydentate ligands or
chelating agents.
• In ethylenediamine, NH2CH2CH2NH2,
represented here as en, each N is a donor atom.
• Therefore, en is bidentate.
Polydentate ligands
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Data Table 16
Polydentate Ligands

Ethylenediaminetetraacetate,
mercifully abbreviated EDTA,
has six donor atoms.