(a) A black precipitate forms when H 2 S is added to an aqueous solution of a...

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(a) A black precipitate forms when H2S is added to an aqueous solution of a Cu(II) salt. The precipitate redissolves when Na2S is added to the solution. Suggest a reason for this observation.

(b) In the presence of small amounts of water, the reaction of SO2 with CsN3 leads to Cs2S2O5 as a by-product in the formation of Cs[SO2N3]. Suggest how the formation of Cs2S2O5 arises.

(c) The complex ion [Cr(Te4)3]3− possesses a Δλλλ-conformation. 

(i) To what the symbols Δ and λ refer, 

(ii) How the Δλλλ-conformation arises.

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Inorganic Chemistry

ISBN: 9781292134147

5th Edition

Authors: Catherine Housecroft

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