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Description
Introduction. The purpose of this handout is to provide a simple model for the bonding in transition-metal complexes as a framework for understanding and interpreting the most important properties of these complexes. We shall deal mostly with the first row transition metals such as iron and copper as these are most important in industry and in living organisms. The most important question is the very existence of complexes and the nature of the coordinate covalent bond formed between a ligand and a transition metal species. Accordingly, the molecular-orbital (MO) model will be presented. The crystal-field model which is presented in the text will not be treated here because it does not address the origin of bonding in complexes.
Chemistry-Study and teaching Chemical bonds Transition metals Molecular orbitals
Place
Claremont (Calif.)
Source
Webpages converted to pdf from Pomona College Chemistry Department Index to the Pages Administered by Wayne E. Steinmetz, a.k.a. Der Feldmarschall http://pages.pomona.edu/~wsteinmetz/ , 3. General Chemistry Homepage, 5. Handouts, Chemistry 1b (spring semester), MO Theory of Transition Metal Complexes.
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