Coordination Chemistry: Spectra, Magnetism & Reactions
A 22-module path through coordination chemistry: spectra, magnetism & reactions, in study order from foundations to the frontier.
Modules
- Origin of Colour in Coordination Complexes
- Spectrochemical Series and Δo
- High-Spin vs Low-Spin Configurations
- Selection Rules for Electronic Transitions
- Intensity of d-d Bands and Relaxation Mechanisms
- Free-Ion Terms and Russell-Saunders Coupling
- Term Symbols for d-Electron Configurations
- Ground-State Terms and Hund's Rules
- Splitting of Terms in an Octahedral Field
- Orgel Diagrams
- Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams: Concept
- Interpreting Spectra with Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams
- Nephelauxetic Effect and Racah Parameters
- Charge-Transfer Spectra: LMCT and MLCT
- Spin-Only Magnetic Moment Formula
- Orbital Contributions to Magnetic Moment
- Measuring Magnetic Moments
- Labile vs Inert Complexes
- Ligand Substitution Mechanisms
- The Trans Effect and Trans Influence
- Electron-Transfer Reactions: Inner and Outer Sphere
- Stability Constants and the Chelate Effect