Terms to Know: Concepts To Know In Coordination Chemistry

definitions:
1. field strength
2. spinstate, high spin vs low spin
3. CFT
4. LFT
5. MOT

concepts:
1. bonding theories - CFT
2. CFSE
3. role of pairing energies
4. role of symmetry
5. spectrochemical series

6. magentic susceptibility- calculation, variation between experiment and theory, use in determining structure
7. spectrochemical series

8. Jahn-Teller distortion: why and what happens

Terms to Know: Reactions and mechanism of coordination compounds

definitions:
1. stable vs unstable
2. inert vs. labile
3. thermodynamic vs kinetic terms
4. formation constants and stepwise formation constants

concepts:
1. LS mechanisms: D, I, A

2. ligand substitution related issues for octahedral and square planar complexes

3. conjugate base (kinetic) effect

4. sterochemical outcomes of reaction mechanisms

5. isomerizations
4. redox reaction mechanisms: inner vs outer sphere
5. Irving- Williams series/plot as HSAB example
6. CFT implications for thermodynamic and kinetic reactivities