/u/Annual-Dirt2513's posts in /r/chemhelp
[general chemistry] why does crystal field theory assume point charges rather than lone pairs? Is there any theory that assumes ligands are lone pairs rather than point charges?
4 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[general chemistry] why doesn't four cyanide ligands form a tetrahedral geometry with Cobalt 2+ ion?
3 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[general chemistry] why doesn't ionization of Chromium to lose two electrons turn its electron configuration into that of Titanium: Is [Ar]3d^4 or [Ar]3d2,4s2 more stable?
3 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[general chemistry] why is aqueous Mn2+ clear, Mn(OH)3 brown, MnO2 black, [MnO4]2- olive, [MnO4]- purple?
2 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
2 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[general chemistry] is the electron configuration of the metal cation or something else the reason [Cr(H2O)6]3+ is d2sp3 but [Co(H2O)6]3+ is sp3d2?
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
[general chemistry] why do the heats of hydration of "M(II)+ cations decrease when d-electrons increase?
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Why is "In half-filled subshell configurations, there is a maximum in the effective nuclear charge felt by the electrons (compared to the previous elements with no doubly-occupied orbitals)" not off-topic response to a question on the trends in melting/boili' point in first series transition elemen?
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
1 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list