1. Bonding in Transition Metal Compounds
Does the octet rule (or something like it) work for these compounds?
Counting d electrons.
CrO42-
Ni(NH3)62+
Cr(H2O)5Cl2+

2. Counting d-electron Configurations

3. Does the octet rule (or something like it) work for these compounds?
Special Case: Counting d electrons for “organometallics”
Fe(CO)5
Ni(CO)4
Cp2Fe
Bz2Cr

4. Draw a Lewis Structure for Ni(NH3)62+

6. Crystal Field Theory

7. Crystal Field Theory

11. Donor-Acceptor MO Theory

12. Molecular Orbital Theory: Full

15. Molecular Orbital Theory: Simple

17. Counting d-electron Configurations

20. MO diagrams with pi-bonding ligands