Coordination Compounds Worksheet

 

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  1. What is a coordination compound composed of?
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  2. What is a complex ion?
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  4. What is a counter ion?
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  6. What is a ligand?
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    2. What is a Lewis Base?

     

     

  7. Two characteristics of many coordination compounds.    
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  8. What is a primary valence?  What does it correspond to?
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  10. What is a secondary valence?  What does it correspond to?
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  12. Define
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    2. Monodentate
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    4. Bidentate
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    6. Polydentate
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    8. Chelate

     

     

  13. A coordination compound of cobalt(III) contains four ammonia molecules, one sulfate ion, and one chloride ion.  Addition of aqueous BaCl2 solution to an aqueous solution of the compound gives no precipitate.  Addition of aqueous AgNO3 to an aqueous solution of the compound produces white precipitate.  Propose a structure for this coordination compound.
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  15. How many bonds could each of the following chelates form with a metal ion?
       

              

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  17. Predicting the shape of a complex ion depends on the ____________
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  19. When the coordination number is
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