IB Chemistry 3.4.7 Coordination bond formation Questions
IB Chemistry 3.4.7 Coordination bond formation Questions
Practise explaining how ligands form coordination bonds by donating lone pairs to metal ions in Lewis acid-base terms.
How this is tested
- explain coordination bond formation as ligand lone-pair donation to a metal ion
- identify ligands as Lewis bases and metal ions as Lewis acids in complex ions
- describe bonding in examples such as NH3 or NO2 forming complexes with metal ions