Coordination Compounds

Formulas are organized based on their importance in the CAT exam.
1 Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (Octahedral)
2 Crystal Field Splitting Energy ($$\Delta_o$$- Octahedral)
3 The Intermediate Ligand Pairing Traps (Under CFT)
4 Spectrochemical Series
5 Limitations of VBT
6 Factors Affecting Crystal Field Splitting Magnitude ($$\Delta_o$$)
7 Spin-Only Magnetic Moment
8 Metal Carbonyls & Synergic Bonding - Bond Order & Vibrational Frequency ($$\nu_{\text{CO}}$$) Trends
9 Structures of Homoleptic Metal Carbonyls
10 Biological Coordination Systems
11 IUPAC Nomenclature -Alphabetical Ligand Naming Rule
12 Hybridization and Geometry for Coordination Number 5
13 Crystal Field Splitting in Octahedral Field
14 High-Spin vs Low-Spin Complexes
15 Complementary Colors & Absorption Spectra
16 Stability Constant
17 Charge of Complex Ion
18 Effective Atomic Number (EAN)
19 Optical Isomers
20 Unpaired Electrons from Magnetic Moment
21 Facial ($$fac$$) and Meridional ($$mer$$) Isomerism
22 VBT - Inner vs. Outer Orbital Complex (Coordination Number 6)
23 Spectrochemical Series
24 Coordination Complex Stability - Overall vs. Stepwise Formation Constants
25 Cis-Trans & Enantiomeric Profiling Matrix
26 VBT - The Core Ligand-Strength Benchmark
27 Jahn-Teller Distortion (Tetragonal Distortion)
28 Coordination Number
29 Crystal Field Splitting Energy ($$\Delta_t$$ - Tetrahedral)
30 Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer (MLCT) & Synergic Bonding
31 Structural Isomerism Matrix
32 The Net Charge Back-Bonding Trends
33 Werner's Theory (Primary vs. Secondary Valency)
34 VBT - Spin-Only Magnetic Moment Calculation
35 Extraction of Metals (MacArthur-Forrest Cyanide Process)
36 Brown Ring Test
37 The Chelate & Macrocyclic Stability Effect
38 Estimation of Hardness of Water
39 Irving-Williams Stability Order for Transition Metals
40 Effective Atomic Number (EAN Rule)
41 Optical Activity Condition
42 Hybridization and Geometry
43 VBT - Geometry vs. Hybridization (Coordination Number 4)
44 Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT)
45 Relation between $$\Delta_t$$ and $$\Delta_o$$
46 VBT Anomalies & Exceptions
47 IUPAC Nomenclature Latin-Suffix Trap
48 Geometrical Isomers in Square Planar Complexes
49 Geometrical Isomers in Octahedral Complexes