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(1)What is a ligand ?

(2)What is ambident ligand ? Give one example.

(3)Define homoleptic complex .
(4)Give one example of heteroleptic complex.

(5)What do you meant by coordination sphere?
(6)Give the name of co-ordination isomer of the complex

[Co(en) ][Cr(CN) ] .
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(7)Write the IUPAC name of the linkage isomer of
[Co(NH ) NO ] C .
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(8)Write the IUPAC name for one of the isomers of
[Co(NH ) NO ] .
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(9)How is ammonia molecule a good ligand.
(10) Write down two limitations of Werner’s coordination
theory.

(11) ) Write down two limitations of Valence Bond theory.
(12) Why is geometrical isomerism not possible in tetrahedral

complexes having two different types of unidentate ligands
coordinated with the central metal ion ?

(13) Draw structures of geometrical isomers of

[Fe(NH3)2(CN)4]
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(14)Define crystal field splitting energy .

(15)What is spectrochemical series ?
(16) Give a suitable example describe the importance of the

formation of complex compounds in:

(i) The estimation of hardness of water.

(ii) The extraction of a particular metal from its natural
source.

(17)Draw figures to show splitting of degenerate d-orbital in

an octahedral and in a tetrahedral crystal field.
(18)What is back bonding effect ?

(19)Write down two limitations of crystal field theory.