Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• work out the oxidation state of a transition metal in a complex
• work out the number of d electrons on a transition metal cation and the number of unpaired electrons
• recognize that the magnetism of transition metal complexes and many of their colours arise from the d electrons

• Sections 13.3 - 13.4 (in Blackman, Bottle, Schmid, Mocerino and Wille, Chemistry, 3^rd Edition, 2015 (John Wiley))

• Coordination chemistry (in ChemWiki)
• Electronic configuration (in ChemWiki)
• Colours of coordination complexes (in ChemWiki)
• Transition metals (in Wikibooks General Chemistry)

Complexes - Self Learning Questions Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Colours of transition metal complexes Description: Origin of the beautiful colours of complexes Contributed by Adam Bridgeman

Formulas, Names of Complexes and d-Configurations Description: Video, interactive tutorial and self test quizzes on naming coordination compounds and working out d-configurations Tags: coordination chemistry | coordination compounds | complex ions | d-configurations Contributed by Adam Bridgeman