Topics and learning outcomes

• Oxidation Numbers
  
  •  assign oxidation numbers to elements in compounds, including transition metals in complexes
  •  identify the oxidant and the reductant in a redox reaction

• Complexes
  
  •  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

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