All categories

3 years ago

Is the interaction between an ammonia ligand and a metal cation a lewis acid-base interaction?

Chemistry

1 answer:

snow_lady [41]3 years ago

3 0

Answer: Yes interaction between an ammonia ligand and a metal cation is a lewis acid-base interaction

Explanation:

According to the Lewis concept, an acid is defined as a substance that accepts electron pairs and base is defined as a substance which donates electron pairs.

As metal cation is short of electrons to complete its octet, thus it can easily accept an electron pair from ammonia which can easily donate its lone pair of electron and thus acts as lewis base.

$M^{n+}+NH_3\rightarrow M(NH_3)_n$

Thus interaction between an ammonia ligand and a metal cation is a lewis acid-base interaction

You might be interested in

A solution contains [Ba2+] = 5.0 × 10−5 M, [Zn2+] = 2.0 × 10−7 M, and [Ag+] = 3.0 × 10−5 M. Sodium oxalate (Na2C2O4) is slowly a

Jet001 [13]

Answer:

BaC₂O₄, then ZnC₂O₄, then Ag₂C₂O₄

Explanation:

1. Calculate the equilibrium concentrations of oxalate ion

Let [C₂O₄²⁻] = c

(a) Barium oxalate

BaC₂O₄ ⇌ Ba²⁺ + C₂O₄²⁻

E/mol·L⁻¹: 5.0 × 10⁻⁵ c

Ksp = [Ba²⁺][C₂O₄²⁻] = 5.0 × 10⁻⁵c = 1.5 × 10⁻⁸

c = (1.5 × 10⁻⁸)/(5.0 × 10⁻⁵) = 3.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol·L⁻¹

(b) Zinc oxalate

ZnC₂O₄ ⇌ Zn²⁺ + C₂O₄²⁻

E/mol·L⁻¹: 2.0 × 10⁻⁷ c

Ksp = [Zn²⁺][C₂O₄²⁻] = 2.0 × 10⁻⁷c = 1.35 × 10⁻⁹

c = (1.35 × 10⁻⁹)/(2.0 × 10⁻⁷) = 6.8 × 10⁻³ mol·L⁻¹

(c) Silver oxalate

Ag₂C₂O₄ ⇌ 2Ag⁺ + C₂O₄²⁻

E/mol·L⁻¹: 3.0 × 10⁻⁵ c

Ksp = [Ag⁺]²[C₂O₄²⁻] = (3.0× 10⁻⁵)²c = 9.0 × 10⁻¹⁰c = 1.1 × 10⁻¹¹

c = (1.1 × 10⁻¹¹)/(9.0 × 10⁻¹⁰) = 0.012 mol·L⁻¹

2. Decide the order of precipitation

BaC₂O₄ will precipitate when c > 3.0 × 10⁻⁴ mol·L⁻¹

ZnC₂O₄ will precipitate when c > 6.8 × 10⁻³ mol·L⁻¹

Ag₂C₂O₄ will precipitate when c > 0.028 mol·L⁻¹

This happens to be the order of increasing concentration of oxalate ion.

The order of precipitation is

BaC₂O₄, then ZnC₂O₄, then Ag₂C₂O₄

4 0

3 years ago

What are some physical properties of a candle

Troyanec [42]

The wick and the wax

Sorry if that was useless, I'm not sure how generalized you were being

6 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Think about chemicals you may have in your home and list as many as you can think of:

MAVERICK [17]

Sucrose; C12H22O11

C9H8O4; acetyl salicylic acid

H2O2; hydrogen peroxide,

NaOH; sodium hydroxideExplanation:

6 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Name an object that the magnet would repel

Nataly_w [17]

The negative side of another magnet

3 0

3 years ago

Which pieces of equipment would be used to measure the density of a solution?

Inessa05 [86]

Answer:

c I've taken chem 3 times

Explanation:

5 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers