Tutorial 4 - Questions
1) Draw the molecular orbital diagram of B2+ molecule and explain its bond order and
magnetism.
2) Arrange the following molecules in decreasing order of bond order, o 2, o2, + o2,- o22+
3) Calculate the Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE) of [CoF6]3−
4) Crystal field stabilization energy of high spin d4 octahedral complex is
5) Low spin complex of d6 in an octahedral field will have the following crystal field
stabilization energy
(Δ0= crystal field splitting energy in an octahedral field, P= Electron pairing energy)
6) Draw the structure of the cyclooctatetraene molecule and mention its aromaticity.
7) Label each of the following whether it is aromatic, non aromatic or antiaromatic.
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9) Identify the correct order of increasing field strength of the ligands.
a) SCN–, NH3, NCS–, CN–
b) NCS–, SCN–, NH3, CN–
c) SCN–, NCS–, NH3, CN–
d) NCS–, NH3, SCN–, CN–
10) Identify the correct order of decreasing field strength of the neutral ligands.
a) CO, en, NH3, H2O
b) CO, en, H2O, NH3
c) en, CO, NH3, H2O
d) en, CO, H2O, NH3
11) The complex [Co(H2O)6]3+ absorbs the wavelength of light corresponding to orange colour.
Predict the colour of the coordination compound based on this information.
a) Red
b) Yellow
c) Blue
d) Colourless
12) Among the following, the number of aromatic compounds is/are:
13) Among P, Q, R and S the aromatic compound(s) is/are:
14) Why does He2+ exist whereas He2 does not?
15) Give the electronic configuration of the following complexes on the basis of Crystal Field
Splitting theory.
[CoF6]3-, [Fe(CN)6]4- and [Cu(NH3)6]2+.
16) The correct order of the electrophilic substitution is:
17.) Draw a reasonable mechanism for the following reaction. Show the mechanism for formation
of the electrophile as well as all aromatic products.
18.) Determine products of each of the following reactions.
19.) What is the coordination number of the following metal ion compounds?
20.) Crystal field stabilization energy for high spin d4 octahedral complex is:
21.) According to crystal field theory-
a.) The order of increasing field strength of ligands is F– > H2O > NH3.
b.) If pairing energy exceeds the magnitude of crystal field splitting, then pairing occurs.
c.) d4 to d7 coordination entities are more stable for the strong field than weak field cases.
d.) Tetrahedral complexes have sufficiently large splitting energy to force pairing, and therefore,
high spin configurations are rarely observed.
22) If Δ0 is the octahedral crystal field splitting energy. Then what will be the CFSE for
Fe(CN)6]4-?
23) A + NaOH → →B
a) Identify A and B
b) Name of the above reaction.
c) Specify the reaction conditions and reagents used in the above reaction.
24) Which one of the following represents Nylon 66 polymer?
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25) The increasing order of reactivity of the following compounds towards electrophilic
substitution reaction is
26) Which of the following is the incorrect pair regarding nitration.
27) What is the major product of the following reaction is
28) Which of the following compounds are aromatic?
29) [Cu(H2O)6]2+ shows an absorption band at 12500 cm-1. What is the CFSE for this complex?
30) The [Ti(NCS)6]3− ion exhibits a single absorption band at 544 nm. What will be the crystal
field splitting energy (in kJmol−1) of the complex? (h=6.626×10−34J.s; c=3.0×108 m/s; NA
=6.02×1023ions/mole.
31) The Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE) for [CoCl6]4- is 18000 cm-¹. The CFSE for
[COCI4]2- will be?
32) Explain which among the following are aromatic?