Bonding in Metal Carbonyl
1. Which of the following complexes shows zero crystal field stabilization energy?
(a) [Co(H2O)6]3+
(b) [Fe(H2O)6]3+
(c) [Co(H2O)6]2+
(d) [Mn(H2O)6]3+
Answer: (b)
2. Which of the following is paramagnetic?
(a) [CoBr]42-
(b) Mo(Co)6
(c) [Pt(en)Cl2]
(d) [Co(NH3)6]3+
Answer: (a)
3. Which of the following is a bidentate ligand?
(a) Br
(b) CH3NH2
(c) C2O42-
(d) CH3CN
Answer: (c)
4. How many unpaired electrons are present in [CoF 6]3- complex?
(a) 4
(b) zero
(c) 2
(d) 3
Answer: (a)
5. Which of the following d orbitals take part in the octahedral complex with
d2sp3 hybridisation?
(a) dxy, dyz
(b) dxz, dx2−y2
(c) dx2−y2, dz2
(d) dz2, dxz
Answer: (c)
6. The compound, which does not contain a metal-carbon bond is
(a) K[Pt(C2H4)Cl3]
(b) C2H5MgBr
(c) Ni(CO)4
(d) Al(OC2H5)3
Answer: (d)
7. The correct increasing order of splitting power of ligands according to spectrochemical
series is
(a) Cl– < OH– < CN–
(b) Cl– < CN– < OH–
(c) OH– < Cl– < CN–
(d) OH– < CN– < Cl–
Answer: (a)
8. Which of the following complexes has a magnetic moment of 1.73 BM?
(a) [Ni(CN)4]2-
(b) TiCl4
(c) [Cu(NH3)4]2+
(d) [CoCl6]4-
Answer: (c)
9. Tetraamminecopper(II) sulphate is _______ in colour.
(a) violet
(b) blue
(c) green
(d) red
Answer: (b)
10. A chelating agent has two or more than two donor atoms to bind to a single metal ion.
Which of the following is not a chelating agent?
a. Thiosulphato
b. Oxalato
c. Glycinato
d. Ethane-1,2-diamine
Answer: (a)
11. IUPAC name of [Pt(NH3)2Cl(NO2)] is
a. Platinum diamminechloronitrite
b. Chloronitrito-N-ammineplatinum (II)
c. Diamminechloridonitrito-N-platinum (II)
d. Diamminechloronitrito-N-plantinate (II)
Answer: (c)
12. In the complex [E(en)2(C2O4)]NO2 (where (en) is ethylenediamine) _______are the
coordination number and the oxidation state of the element ‘E’ respectively.
a. 6 and 2
b. 2 and 2
c. 4 and 3
d. 6 and 3
Answer: (d)
13. The sum of coordination number and oxidation number of the metal M in the complex
[M(en)2(C2O4)]Cl (where (en) is ethylenediamine) is
a. 9
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8
Answer: (a)
14. Some salts containing two different metallic elements give test for only one of them in
solution, such salts are
a. double salts
b. normal salts
c. complex salts
d. None of these
Answer: (c)
15. An example of a sigma bonded organometallic compound is
a. Grignard reagent
b. Ferrocene
c. Cobaltocene
d. Ruthenocene
Answer: (a)
16. When 0.1 mol CoCl3(NH3)5 is combined with excess AgNO3, then 0.2 mol AgCl is
obtained. The conductivity of the solution suits the
a. 1:3 electrolyte
b. 1:1 electrolyte
c. 3:1 electrolyte
d. 1:2 electrolyte
Answer: (d)
17. Coordination number is a characteristic of which of the following?
a) Central atom
b) Ligand
c) Coordination entity
d) Coordination compound
Answer: (a) Central atom
18. Which of the following cannot be a ligand?
a) Ni2+
b) Cl–
c) H2O
d) NH3
Answer: (a) Ni2+
19. What is the coordination number of chromium in K 3[Cr(C2O4)3]?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 6
Answer: 6
20. Identify the coordination sphere in the compound K 4[Fe(CN)6].
a) K+
b) Fe2+
c) [Fe(CN)6]4-
d) CN–
Answer: [Fe(CN)6]4-
21. Which of the following is the coordination entity in K 2[Zn(OH)4]?
a) K+
b) Zn2+
c) OH–
d) [Zn(OH)4]2-
Answer: [Zn(OH)4]2-
22. The central atom/ion of a coordination complex is also referred to as ________
a) Lewis acid
b) Lewis base
c) Bronsted-Lowry acid
d) Bronsted-Lowry base
Answer: Lewis acid
23. Identify the Lewis acid in K3[Al(C2O4)3].
a) K+
b) Al
c) Al3+
d) [Al(C2O4)3]3-
Answer: Al3+
24. What is the correct way of representing nickel in [Ni(CO)4]?
a) Ni(0)
b) Ni(I)
c) Ni(II)
d) Ni(III)
Answer: Ni(0)
25. What is the shape of the coordination polyhedron of [PtCl 4]2-?
a) Linear
b) Square planar
c) Tetrahedral
d) Octahedral
Answer: Square planar
26. Complexes in which a metal is attached to only one kind of donor group is called
_______
a) Unidentate
b) Chelate
c) Homoleptic
d) Heteroleptic
Answer: Homoleptic
27. Which of the following compounds consists of a homoleptic complex?
a) [Co(NH3)6]Cl3
b) [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2
c) [Co(NH3)4Cl2]Cl
d) [Co(NH3)5(CO3)]Cl
Answer: [Co(NH3)6]Cl3
28. The oxidation number of the central metal ion in a coordination entity is the charge it
would carry if all the _________ are removed along with the electron pairs that are shared
with it.
a) lewis acids
b) anions
c) ligands
d) didentate ligands
Answer: ligands
29. When a polydentate ligand uses all its donor atoms simultaneously to bond to a single
metal ion, it is said to be a _______ ligand.
a) unidentate
b) didentate
c) chelate
d) ambidentate
Answer: chelate