Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry
28.2General characteristic chemical properties of the first set of transition elements, titanium to copper
General characteristic chemical properties of the first set of transition elements, titanium to copper in Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 28.2.1Describe complex formation by copper(II) and cobalt(II) with water, ammonia, hydroxide and chloride.
- 28.2.2Define ligand.
- 28.2.3Use monodentate, bidentate and polydentate ligand with the named examples.
- 28.2.4Define complex.
- 28.2.5Describe linear, square planar, tetrahedral and octahedral complexes.
- 28.2.6State coordination number and predict the formula and charge of a complex.
- 28.2.7Explain ligand exchange in copper(II) and cobalt(II) complexes.
- 28.2.8Predict the feasibility of redox reactions of transition elements from E⦵ values.
- 28.2.9Describe and calculate with MnO₄⁻/C₂O₄²⁻, MnO₄⁻/Fe²⁺ and Cu²⁺/I⁻.
- 28.2.10Calculate with other redox systems given suitable data.
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Complex ions, ligands and ligand exchange
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Redox titrations and transition-element redox chemistry
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