L11 Reactivity of Transition Metal Complexes

Study of reaction mechanisms of inorganic reactions

Stoichiometric Mechanisms: Associative ligand substitution

Stoichiometric Mechanisms: Dissociative ligand substitution

Stoichiometric Mechanisms: Interchange

Intimate mechanisms: Associative activation

Intimate mechanisms: Dissociative activation

All possible combinations of activations and mechanisms

Rate and activation energy graph

What does substitutionally inert/labile mean and what factors tend to affect it

What typically happens to inert transition metal complexes during substitution reactions

rate equation for substitution in square planar complexes

Intermediates and geometry preservation in substitution in square planar complexes

Do bulky ligands tend to favour associative or dissociative pathways

What is the trans effect in substitution

Origin of the trans effect for σ-donors

Origin of the trans effect for π-acceptors

Trans effect in NMR

Trans effect in synthesis