GPAT Coordination Compounds — practice questions
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Practice GPAT Coordination Compounds in the app →The IUPAC name of the coordination compound $[\mathrm{Co(NH_3)_6}]\mathrm{Cl_3}$ is:The total number of unidentate ligand atoms directly bonded to the central metal atom in a coordination comple
An octahedral complex of the type $[\mathrm{MX_2Tetrahedral complexes of the type $[\mathrm{Ma_2b_2}]$ (where a and b are unidentate ligands) do **not** exhib
The octahedral complex $[\mathrm{Co(NH_3)_6}]^{In octahedral crystal-field splitting, what is the energy of the $e_g$ orbitals **relative to** the $t_{2g}$ oTransition metal complexes are typically coloured because of:Among $\mathrm{Sc^{3+}}$, $\mathrm{Ti^{4+}}$, $\mathrm{V^{2+}}$ and $\mathrm{Zn^{2+}}$, which is **coloured** In a coordination compound, the central atom is usually:Coordination number is:In [Cu(NH3)4]²⁺ what is the oxidation number of Cu?What is the coordination number in [Co(NH3)6]³⁺?What is the geometry of complex with coordination number 6 typically?What is the geometry of [Ni(CN)4]²⁻?Crystal Field Theory: in an OCTAHEDRAL field, the d-orbitals split into:Spectrochemical series (ligand strength): which is a STRONG-field ligand?Which type of isomerism arises when two ligands can bind through different donor atoms (e.g., NO2⁻ via N vs O)Cis and trans isomers of [Co(NH3)4Cl2]⁺ are examples of:Which complex is paramagnetic?EDTA is a:The complex [Fe(CN)6]⁴⁻ is:In strong-field octahedral, electron filling order in d-orbitals follows:Oxidation state of Co in [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2:Number of geometric isomers of [Pt(NH3)2Cl2] (square planar):For octahedral d6 with weak-field ligands (high-spin), number of unpaired electrons:For octahedral d6 with STRONG-field ligands (low-spin), number of unpaired electrons:Number of unpaired electrons in [FeF6]³⁻ (high-spin, F⁻ weak-field):Hybridization in [Ni(CO)4] (Ni is 0 oxidation state, sp3 because CO is strong-field for Ni⁰):For [Cr(H2O)6]³⁺, d-electron count and magnetic behavior:Which one is an ambidentate ligand?For octahedral [Mn(H2O)6]²⁺, d-electron count and unpaired e⁻ count:Name of complex K3[Fe(CN)6]:For [Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2]²⁺ (octahedral with 4 NH3 equatorial + 2 H2O axial), this is: