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Chem 341
Inorganic Chemistry
Final Exam, Fall 2000
NAME: _________________________________
Calculators and model sets are the only aids allowed for this exam. Character tables and a periodic table are provided at the end of the exam (feel free to separate and keep in front of you).
Partial marks will be rewarded where applicable, so be sure to show all your work and explain your answers.
Choose six of the following nine questions. Each question is worth 18 marks, and there is a bonus question worth 6 marks, for a maximum possible score of 114 (but the exam will be out of 108). Distribute your time accordingly.
Duration: 2 hours.
Check the boxes below to indicate the questions you want graded.
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Some potentially useful constants:
h = 6.626 10 -34^ J.s c = 3.00 10 8 m.s - NA = 6.022 10 23 mol -1^ e = 1.602 10 -19^ C F = e .NA = 9.649 10 4 C.mol -1^ mp = 1.673 10 -27^ kg me = 9.109 10 -31^ kg k = 1.381 10 -23^ J K - ~ 3.1416 e = the natural number ~ 2. R = 0.08206 L.atm.K-1^ .mol -1^ = 8.314 J.K-1^ .mol -1^ = 8.314 V.C.K-1^ .mol -
- Give the point groups of the following (note: the point group is not necessarily in the given character tables) [3 marks each]:
(a) 8-sided Patio Umbrella (note: (b) [ZrF 7 ]3-^ , pentagonal bipyramidal there is no hook on the end of a patio umbrella; the top view is shown on the right)
(c) cis -Pt(NH 3 ) 2 Cl 2 , square planar (d) trans -Pt(NH 3 ) 2 Cl 2 , square planar
(e) Camaro Z-28 (exterior only) (f) Camaro Z-28 (exterior only) with a flat tire
Zr
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
3-
Pt
Cl
Cl
H 3 N
H 3 N
Pt
Cl
Cl
NH 3
H 3 N
- (a) Wilkinson s and Zeigler-Natta are two catalysts that involve the conversion of C=C bonds to C-C bonds. Describe, as fully as possible, the catalytic cycle for one of these industrially important complexes, indicating all steps involved. [ marks]
(b) Sketch an approximate, but representative, reaction profile (free energy versus reaction coordinate) for an uncatalyzed and catalyzed reaction, if the rate- determining step of the reaction involves [3 marks each, 9 total]:
(i) Association (ii) Dissociation (iii) Interchange
- (a) Define and give one example of isolobality. [3 marks]
(b) Using Wade s Rules, predict the structures of the following clusters [3 marks each, 15 total]:
(i) C 4 B 4 H 8 (ii) C 4 BH 5 Fe(CO) (^3)
(iii) Rh 4 (CO) 12 (iv) Fe 2 Rh 2 (CO) (^12)
(v) B 3 H 9
- (a) For each of the following pairs of acids, circle the stronger acid. [3 marks]
(i) [V(H 2 O) 6 ]3+^ (ii) [Cu(H 2 O) 6 ]2+^ (iii) H 2 SO (^4) or [Nb(H 2 O) 6 ]3+^ or [Cu(H 2 O) 6 ]3+^ or H 2 CO (^3)
(b) Write the equilibrium for the one of the above aqua-acids in water. [3 marks]
(c) The following redox reaction between two coordination complexes occurs via an outer sphere mechanism:
[Co(NH 3 ) 5 Cl] 2+^ + [Ru(NH 3 ) 6 ]2+^ [Co(NH 3 ) 5 Cl] +^ + [Ru(NH 3 ) 6 ]2+
(i) What can be said about the mechanism, reactants and the rate of electron transfer in this reaction? [3 marks]
(ii) Give the name of either the reactants or products for the above redox reaction. [2 marks]
(iii) Give the mechanistic details if the redox reaction occurred instead via an inner sphere mechanism. [3 marks]
(d) What is disproportionation and comproportionation of the oxidation state of a metal? Why does this phenomenon occur, and use Frost Diagrams in your answer. [4 marks]
- Using ligand field theory and the MO diagrams for octahedral complexes given below, account for the order of the spectrochemical series, with respect to each of the three types of ligands. Describe the chemistry involved in the metal-ligand interaction for each type. Give two examples of each type of ligand, and indicate which of the two will give the larger LFSE value. [15 marks]
-donor -donor -acceptor
(b) Why is ligand field theory a better account of the properties of transition metal complexes, as compared to that predicted by crystal field theory? [3 marks]
- (a) Briefly discuss the formulae and structures of the mononuclear and binuclear carbonyl complexes of the first row transition metals. [9 marks]
(b) Carbon rings with extended pi systems are common ligands in inorganic chemistry. Give three examples of complexes that contain this type of ligand, and include the electron count of the complex. [6 marks]
(c) Explain why Cr(CO) 6 is stable, while Cr(NH 3 ) 6 is not. [3 marks]
Bonus Question [6 marks]
B1. How many g-orbitals are there for a given quantum number? [1 mark]
B2. Give the set of quantum number for each of the 5g orbitals. [3 marks]
B3. For each of the 5g-orbitals below, how many radial nodes and angular nodes are there? [2 marks]
