Shape of Coordination Compounds
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Shape of Coordination Compounds
Does the geometry of a complex compound just depend on the number of domains it has and not so much the shape or lone pair like the VSEPR model?
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Re: Shape of Coordination Compounds
There are more complicated things that go into the shape that probably won't be discussed in this class, but there's definitely less dependence on lone pairs and such, you could say.
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Re: Shape of Coordination Compounds
I think for the purposes of this class, we determine the shape of the coordination compounds mostly based on the coordination number. The ones we should most be familiar with is coordination numbers 4 and 6. A coordination number of 4 would be tetrahedral or square planar (the professor mentioned during lecture that we would not be required to differentiate between tetrahedral or square planar). A coordination number of 6 would be octahedral.
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Re: Shape of Coordination Compounds
These compounds in reality are actually quite complex but for the sake of this class, we can assume that they are just compounds that have molecular shape that is determined by coordination number similar to molecules with electron domains
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Re: Shape of Coordination Compounds
The shape would depend on the coordination number. For example, if a compound had a coordination number of 4, the shape would be tetrahedral.
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A complex compound is named that for a reason! It consists of charged species that has ligands surrounding the metal ion. For electronic geometry we are just going to be focused on the regions of electron density because the complex could get much more complicated as in the examples Dr. Lavelle did in class with myoglobin and hemoglobin.
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Re: Shape of Coordination Compounds
Hi,
For this class, I'm pretty sure Prof. Lavelle stated that we'd only need to know the shape of coordination compounds based on their coordination number — if it's 4, the shape is either square planar or tetrahedral; if it's 6, the shape is octahedral.
For this class, I'm pretty sure Prof. Lavelle stated that we'd only need to know the shape of coordination compounds based on their coordination number — if it's 4, the shape is either square planar or tetrahedral; if it's 6, the shape is octahedral.
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