Answer to Question #76765 in Inorganic Chemistry for Tina

Question

Answer ALL parts a) — d).

a) Give the FULL electronic configuration of potassium.

b) Draw the radial distribution functions (RDFs) for the 4s and 3d orbitals, and use them to explain your answer to part a).

c) Explain briefly why many homoleptic transition metal complexes of carbon monoxide, CO, tend to obey the eighteen-electron rule.

d) For the ligands listed below, identify those that are n-acids and/or n- bases.

Br-, CO, H2O, PMe3