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What is this?

Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:41 pm
by Timmy Nguyen Dis 1I
What exactly do we have to know regarding ligands, coordination numbers, etc?

Re: What is this?

Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:49 pm
by Julia Mazzucato 4D
You should memorize a few of the common ligands for naming purposes (my TA recommended that we memorize I-, Cl-, Br-, OH-, CN-, C2O4-, H2O, NH3, CO, en). You should know which coordination compounds/ligands can be polydentate due to structure. For coordination number you just need to know how many bonds are formed, so be able to draw lewis structures of the coordination compound.

Re: What is this?

Posted: Sat Nov 30, 2019 8:50 pm
by SajaZidan_1K
I would review outline 5 on the class website, it details what we need to know regarding coordination compounds, etc.

Re: What is this?

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:35 pm
by Jocelyn Thorp 1A
Julia Mazzucato 4D wrote:You should memorize a few of the common ligands for naming purposes (my TA recommended that we memorize I-, Cl-, Br-, OH-, CN-, C2O4-, H2O, NH3, CO, en). You should know which coordination compounds/ligands can be polydentate due to structure. For coordination number you just need to know how many bonds are formed, so be able to draw lewis structures of the coordination compound.


I don't know if there's a way to bookmark posts, so I'm just replying so I can easily access this through my posts later. Thanks for the list!!

Re: What is this?

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 4:51 pm
by Cooper Baddley 1F
I would make sure to know the chart that he has posted on the website when it comes to naming

Re: What is this?

Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 7:20 pm
by Cassandra_1K
For linkage ligands, how would you know in what order to write the compound?