Chemistry › Section S · Transition metals and coordination chemistry › Topic S.2
Coordination chemistry
Transition-metal ions rarely sit alone: in water, in minerals and in living cells they are surrounded by molecules or ions that donate electron pairs to them. These coordination compounds have their own vocabulary, naming rules and shapes, and their shapes can be arranged in more than one way.
In this topic
- Metals with company
- Complexes and ligands
- Denticity and chelates
- Coordination number and shape
- Worked example: oxidation state and coordination number
- Naming complexes
- Worked example: naming
- Geometric isomers
- Optical isomers
- Worked example: counting isomers
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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