Is the type of bonding in TiCl4 ionic or covalent ? And how you do you know ? I expected it to be ionic since it’s a metal bonded to a non metal but that’s gcse stuff and there’s probably a better explanation
Titanium is able to form dative covalent bonds with chloride ligands, due to vacant orbitals in titanium accepting the ligands' lone pairs This process results in covalent bonds, not ionic bonds, being formed
Obviously not at GCSE But at A-level, knowing how complexes such as TiCl4 are formed is required
[ltr]The chloride isn’t acting as a ligand here . and even if it was , how am I supposed to know when I wasn’t told anything about it ? Heres the question [/ltr]
[ltr]The chloride isn’t acting as a ligand here . and even if it was , how am I supposed to know when I wasn’t told anything about it ? Heres the question [/ltr]
A ligand is any molecule or ion which can donate a lone pair of electrons to a central metal atom via coordinate bonding The chloride ions are doing exactly that in this case TiCl4 is a coordination complex where four chloride ligands have donated lone pairs of electrons to titanium's vacant orbitals, in order to form coordinate bonds... Hence, chloride ions are acting as ligands in TiCl4
How do you know this? Well, transition metals usually do behave like this, as per their nature... It's just something you have to become aware of
A ligand is any molecule or ion which can donate a lone pair of electrons to a central metal atom via coordinate bonding The chloride ions are doing exactly that in this case TiCl4 is a complex ion where four chloride ligands have donated lone pairs of electrons to titanium's vacant orbitals, in order to form coordinate bonds... Hence, chloride ions are acting as ligands in TiCl4
How do you know this? Well, transition metals usually do behave like this, as per their nature... It's just something you have to become aware of
I don’t get it, I mean, I get what you said about a ligand & a TM behaving like this but I don’t get how we just assumed the Cl- would be ligands in this case They could just as likely be anions based on what did I rule that out ?
I don’t get it, I mean, I get what you said about a ligand & a TM behaving like this but I don’t get how we just assumed the Cl- would be ligands in this case They could just as likely be anions based on what did I rule that out ?
Like I said, it's just something you have to become aware of
Transition metals in particular favour the formation of coordination complexes, where they coordinate bond to ligands, instead of the formation of ionic compounds
I feel as though you're just applying the general thought that metal cations form ionic bonds with non-metal anions... That's not the case for transition metals
Like I said, it's just something you have to become aware of
Transition metals in particular favour the formation of coordination complexes, where they coordinate bond to ligands, instead of the formation of ionic compounds
I feel as though you're just applying the general thought that metal cations form ionic bonds with non-metal anions... That's not the case for transition metals