Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Ch 20
Transition Metals and Coordination Chemistry key terms
| AP Chem term (Ch. 20) | Definition |
|---|---|
| complex ion | a charged species consisting of a metal ion surrounded by ligands. |
| lanthanide contraction | the decrease in the atomic radii of the lanthanide series elements, going from left to right on the periodic table. |
| lanthanide series | a group of fourteen elements following lanthanum in the periodic table, in which the 4f orbitals are being filled. |
| coordination compound | a compound composed of a complex ion and counter ions sufficient to give no net charge. |
| counterions | anions or cations that balance the charge on the complex ion in a coordination compound. |
| oxidation states | a concept that provides a way to keep track of electrons in oxidation-reduction reactions according to certain rules. |
| coordination number | the number of bonds formed between the metal ion and the ligands in a complex ion. |
| ligand | a neutral molecule or ion having a lone pair of electrons that can be used to form a bond to a metal ion; a Lewis base. |
| coordinate covalent bond | a metal-ligand bond resulting from the interaction of a Lewis base (the ligand) and a Lewis acid (the metal ion). |
| monodentate (unidentate) ligand | a ligand that can form one bond to a metal ion. |
| chelating ligand (chelate) | a ligand having more than one atom with a lone pair that can be used to bond to a metal ion. |
| bidentate ligand | a ligand that can form two bonds to a metal ion. |
| isomers | species with the same formula but different properties. |
| structural isomerism | isomerism in which the isomers contain the same atoms but one or more bonds differ. |
| stereoisomerism | isomerism in which all the bonds in the isomers are the same but the spatial arrangements of the atoms are different. |
| coordination isomerism | isomerism in a coordination compound in which the composition of the coordination sphere of the metal ion varies. |
| linkage isomerism | isomerism involving a complex ion where the ligands are all the same but the point of attachment of at least one of the ligands differs. |
| geometrical (cis-trans) isomerism | isomerism in which atoms or groups of atoms can assume different positions around a rigid ring or bond. |
| optical isomerism | isomerism in which the isomers have opposite effects on plane-polarized light. |
| chirality | the quality of having nonsuperimposable mirror images. |
| enantiomers | isomers that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other. |
Created by:
LordWiitalian
Popular Chemistry sets