MEDIUM
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IMPORTANT
Earn 100

For the complex K2Cr(NO)NH3(CN)4; μ=1.73 BM

(i) Write the IUPAC name.

(ii) What will be structure?
(iii) How many unpaired electrons are present in the central metal ion?

(iv) Is it paramagnetic or diamagnetic?

(v) Calculate the EANEAN of the complex.

(vi) What will be the hybridisation of the complex?

Important Questions on Coordination Compounds

HARD
JEE Main/Advance
IMPORTANT

Predict the hybridisation and geometry of the following complexes.

(a) Fe(CN)63-

(b) MnBr42-

(c) FeH2O62+

(d) Co(SCN)42-

MEDIUM
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CoNH363+ and CoF63- both are complexes of Co(III), but CoNH363+is diamagnetic while CoF63- is paramagnetic with μ=4.90 B.M. Explain.
MEDIUM
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IMPORTANT

Arrange the following in increasing order as directed.

(a) (i) CoCl3NH33, (ii) CoClNH35Cl2, (iii) CoNH36Cl3, (iv) CoCl2NH34Cl- Molar conductance

(b) Br,S2-,NO2-,CO,H2O,CN-,NH3,NO3-- Strength of the ligands.

MEDIUM
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IMPORTANT

For each of the following complexes, draw a crystal field energy-level diagram, assign the electrons to orbitals, and predict the number of unpaired electrons:

(a) CrF63-

(b) VH2O63+

(c) Fe(CN)63-

(d) Cu(en)32+

(e) FeF63-

EASY
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IMPORTANT
Cobalt (II) is stable in aqueous solution but in the presence of complexing reagents (strong field ligands) it is readily oxidised. Why?
MEDIUM
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IMPORTANT

The value of Δ0 for TiH2O63+  is found to be 240 kJ mol-1, then predict the colour of the complex using the following table. h=6×10-34J-Sec, NA=6×1023,c=3×108 m sec-1

Absorbed light λ (nm) (absorbed) Colour exhibited
Blue 435-480 Yellow
green-blue 480-490 Orange
blue-green 490-500 Red
green 500-560 purple
yellow-green 560-580 violet
Yellow 580-595 blue
Red 605-700 blue green

 

MEDIUM
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IMPORTANT

(a) TiH2O63+ absorbs light of wavelength 5000 Å. Name one ligand which would form a titanium (III) complex absorbing light of lower wavelength than 5000 Å and one ligand which would form a complex absorbing light of wavelength higher than 5000 Å.

(b) Calculate the magnetic moments (spin only) of the following complexes

(i) PtCl62-

(ii) Cr(CO)6

(iii) lrNH363+

(iv) Pd(en)22+

EASY
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IMPORTANT

What type of isomers are the following?

(i) Mn(CO)5SCN+ and Mn(CO)5NCS+

(ii) Co(en)3Cr(CN)6 and Cr(en)3Co(CN)6

(iii) CoNH35NO3SO4 and CoNH35SO4NO3

(iv) CoH2O2Cl2(py)2C and CoH2OCl3(py)2H2O