CHEM 1180

Naming Organic Compounds/IUPAC Nomenclature : Alkyl Group : a functional group attached to another hydrocarbon that contains only carbon and...

Organic Chemistry : The Chemistry of Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon Derivatives Carbon can bond in four different ways. All of these bonds ar...

Crystal Field Theory: Remember what the 3d orbitals look like: Simplify the ligands into negatively charged or slightly negatively charged p...

Valence Bond Theory of Complexes: Remember from Chapter 10 that a covalent bond is usually formed by the overlap of the a bonding orbital fr...

Structure and Isomerism in Coordination Compounds: Constitutional Isomers : isomers that differ in how the atoms are joined together, specif...

Naming Coordination Compounds: Ligands That Are Part of a Complex : (never (rarely?) positively charged) Ligands With No Charge : H 2 O = aq...

Formation and Structure of Complexes: Transition-metal atoms often function as a Lewis acid in a chemical reaction. Remember that a Lewis ac...