Course Objectives:
1. To understand the key features of coordination compounds,
including:
- structure of coordination compounds
- oxidation state and electronic configurations
- coordination number
- ligands, chelates
- bonding, stability of complexes
2. To be able to name coordination compounds and draw the
structure given a name.
3. To be able to recognize the types of isomers in coordination
compounds.
4. To be able to use Crystal Field Theory to understand the
magnetic properties (and in simple terms the colour) of
coordination compounds.
5. To be able to describe the stability of metal complexes by the
use of formation constants and to calculate thermodynamic
parameters from them.
6. To become familiar with some applications of coordination
compounds.
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