LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – CHEMISTRY
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SIXTH SEMESTER – APRIL 2006
CH 6601 – COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
(Also equivalent to CHE 601)
Date & Time : 21-04-2006/FORENOON Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART – A
Answer All the questions 10×2=20
- Draw the structure of salicyldoxime? How is it prepared?
- Calculate the CFSE value for [Cr(NH3)6]3+ complex.
- How is ferrocene prepared? Draw is structure.
- Show that Ni(CO)4 obeys EAN rule.
- Draw the structures of (a) Co2(CO)8 (b) Mn2(CO)10
- What are metal-arene complexes? Give one example.
- What is cisplatin? Mention its use.
- Give the IUPAC name of (a) K[PtCl3(C2H4)] (b) Fe2(CO)9
- How is ‘salen’ ligand prepared?
- Mention any two uses of crown ethers.
PART – B
Answer any Eight only 8×5=40
- Apply ligand field theory to [Fe(CN)6]4- and [Fe(H2O)6]3+
- How are cis and trans – [Pt(NH3)2Cl2] prepared?
- Give the evidence for the bridge mechanism in inner sphere electron transfer mechanism.
- Describe the splitting of d orbitals in the tetrahedral ligand field.
- Give any two reactions indicating the metal template synthesis.
- Explain the Wackers process of converting ethylene to ethanal.
- Discuss the photosubstitution reactions in metal carbonyls.
- How is ‘Do’ influenced by the nature of the central metal atom?
- Draw the structures of (a) Ni(DMG)2 (b) [Zn(EDTA)]-1
- Write a note on biological significance of alkali and alkaline earth metals.
- Write a note on iron-molybdenum centre in nitrogenase enzyme
PART – C
Answer any Four only 4×10=40
- State Jahn-Teller theorem. Explain the d-orbital splitting due to elongation and compression along the z-axis in the octahedral complexes. Give one evidence for such a distorted structure.
- Discuss the association and dissociation mechanism of the substitution reactions in octahedral complexes.
- Discuss the bonding in metal carbonyls. Give any two evidences supporting the bonding scheme.
- Describe the hydrogenation of alkene using Wilkinson catalyst. State the merits of this method.
- Discuss the structure and function of carboxypeptidase-A.
- Write a note on (a) Crown Ethers (b) Color in transition metal compounds
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