• define complex, ligand and coordinate bond
• recognize that hydrolysis of metal ions in aqueous solutions gives rise to acidic solutions and predict their relative acidity
• recognize chelate ligands, their donor atoms and the stability of their complexes
• name coordination complexes and compounds using IUPAC nomenclature
• identify isomers including structural, geometrical and optical isomerism for tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral complexes
• write down the form of the stability constant, K_stab, for a complex
• recognize and predict how the formation of stable complexes can increase the apparent solubility of salts by combining K_sp and K_stab expressions

• Chapter 13 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

• A/Prof Clarke's lecture notes (weeks 8-13) You need to login to eLearning to access lecture notes.
• Homework Problem Sheet 7
• Answers to Homework Problem Sheet 7
• Critical Thinking Worksheet 8
• Answers to Critical Thinking Questions 8
• Quiz 2 - Sample Quiz
• Homework Problem Sheet 8
• Answers to Homework Problem Sheet 8
• Quiz 3 - Sample Quiz
• Suggested exam questions and answers

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