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(i) Introduction to crystal field theory (octahedral, tetrahedral and square planar). Jahn Teller distortion. Common types of electronic transition in d-block metal complexes d¿d (use of Orgel diagrams), MLCT, LMCT. Magnetism of d-block metal ions. (II) Physical and chemical trends of selected d-block metals (size, electronegativity, oxidation states). Occurrence, extraction, uses, binary compounds, oxides and halides. Toxicity of metals. Frost-Ebsworth diagrams of Cr and Mn. (III) Inorganic Reaction Mechanisms. Material covered includes: inner sphere/outer sphere electron transfer mechanisms of metal complexes; ligand substitutions of square planar complexes. Trans effect.
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