This document is an exam for an inorganic chemistry course. It contains 7 questions testing knowledge of inorganic chemistry concepts. The questions cover topics like the biological roles of potassium ions, anomalous behavior of lithium, stability of sulfur fluorides, factors that favor complex formation, stability of chelated complexes, crown ethers and cryptates, bonding in boron and beryllium compounds, structure and reactivity of group 14 elements, structure and bonding of sulfur tetrafluoride, reactions of xenon with fluorine, electron transfer processes, factors determining complex geometry, and trans effect vs trans influence. Students are instructed to answer questions 1 and 4, and choose two from each of sections A and B.
This document is an exam for an inorganic chemistry course. It contains 7 questions testing knowledge of inorganic chemistry concepts. The questions cover topics like the biological roles of potassium ions, anomalous behavior of lithium, stability of sulfur fluorides, factors that favor complex formation, stability of chelated complexes, crown ethers and cryptates, bonding in boron and beryllium compounds, structure and reactivity of group 14 elements, structure and bonding of sulfur tetrafluoride, reactions of xenon with fluorine, electron transfer processes, factors determining complex geometry, and trans effect vs trans influence. Students are instructed to answer questions 1 and 4, and choose two from each of sections A and B.
This document is an exam for an inorganic chemistry course. It contains 7 questions testing knowledge of inorganic chemistry concepts. The questions cover topics like the biological roles of potassium ions, anomalous behavior of lithium, stability of sulfur fluorides, factors that favor complex formation, stability of chelated complexes, crown ethers and cryptates, bonding in boron and beryllium compounds, structure and reactivity of group 14 elements, structure and bonding of sulfur tetrafluoride, reactions of xenon with fluorine, electron transfer processes, factors determining complex geometry, and trans effect vs trans influence. Students are instructed to answer questions 1 and 4, and choose two from each of sections A and B.
This document is an exam for an inorganic chemistry course. It contains 7 questions testing knowledge of inorganic chemistry concepts. The questions cover topics like the biological roles of potassium ions, anomalous behavior of lithium, stability of sulfur fluorides, factors that favor complex formation, stability of chelated complexes, crown ethers and cryptates, bonding in boron and beryllium compounds, structure and reactivity of group 14 elements, structure and bonding of sulfur tetrafluoride, reactions of xenon with fluorine, electron transfer processes, factors determining complex geometry, and trans effect vs trans influence. Students are instructed to answer questions 1 and 4, and choose two from each of sections A and B.
ANSWER QUESTIONS ONE AND FOUR OTHERS. EACH QUESTION
CARRIES 20 MARKS ********************************************************************************************
1. a) Give three biological roles of K+.
[3 marks]
b) Discuss the anomalous behavior of lithium as compared to the rest
of the elements in group 1. [ 5 marks]
c) Explain why SF6 is stable to hydrolysis but SF4 is not. [ 4 marks]
d) Describe the factors that favour complex formation. [5 marks]
e) Explain why chelated complexes are more stable than similar
complexes with unidentate ligands. [3 marks]
SECTION A: ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS
2. a) What is a crown ether and what is cryptate? Discuss their respective
uses. [10marks]
b) Compare and contrast bonding in polymeric ( BeH2)n and (BeCl2)
[10marks]
3. a) Al and B both react with chlorine . Al forms Al2Cl6 but B forms BCl3. Explain. [6 marks] . b) Briefly explain why B2O3 is macromolecular solid not an ionic solid . [3 marks]
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c) Explain why catenating ability is in the following order.
C >> Si ≈ Ge > Sn ≈ Pb [3 marks]
d) Explain why Fluorine is the most reactive element in the periodic table. [4 marks]
f) Explain why IF7 exists but BrF7 does not.
[4 marks]
4. a) Xenon reacts directly with fluorine when the gases are heated at 400o C in a sealed nickel vessel and the products depend on the F2/Xe ratio. Write the three reactions that can take place. [4marks]
b) Alkyl substitution in NH3 decreases the tendency towards complex
formation in the order, NH3 > RNH2 > R2NH > R3N. The order for the phosphines is the opposite way around. Explain. [5 marks]
c) Describe the structure and bonding in S4N4. [8 marks]
d) Briefly describe the structure of XeF6 [3 marks]
SECTION B: ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION.
5. a) Describe the factors that affect crystal field stabilization energy
[10 marks] b) Comment on the following magnetic moments.
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