Nonmetals transition metal compounds

Solid chalcogenides are formed by all metallic elements and by many nonmetals. Only with the most electropositive metals do they commonly have the same structures as oxides (see Topics D3 and D4). With transition metals, compounds MX (which are frequently of variable stoichiometry) have the nickel arsenide or similar structures in which metal-metal bonding is present. MX2... 

Much of the structural chemistry of metal rich transition metal compounds containing p elements can be discussed in terms of fragments of the metal structures which are cut from the fee, hep, or bcc element structures and surrounded in a suitable way by nonmetal atoms. The octahedral fragment of the element structures, whether regular (fee, hep) or deformed (bcc), is the most abundant in these compounds. The following discussion will therefore focus on structures which are built from octahedral M units and will extend somewhat to other kinds of M units. 

Complex carbides are very numerous. Many newer compounds of this class have been discovered and their stmctures elucidated (20). The octahedron M C is typical where the metals arrange around a central carbon atom. The octahedra may be coimected via corners, edges, or faces. Trigonal prismatic polyhedra also occur. Defining T as transition metal and M as metal or main group nonmetal, the complex carbides can be classified as (/)... 

The transition metals, unlike those in Groups 1 and 2, typically show several different oxidation numbers in their compounds. This tends to make their redox chemistry more complex (and more colorful). Only in the lower oxidation states (+1, +2, +3) are the transition metals present as cations (e.g., Ag+, Zn2+, Fe3+). In higher oxidation states (+4 to +7) a transition metal is covalently bonded to a nonmetal atom, most often oxygen. 

In contrast to the nonmetals of the main group, elements the transition metals form only a relatively few compounds that are composed of simple isolated molecules, although they form many complex ions that exist as crystalline solids with an appropriate counter anion. 

Properties of hydrogen Properties of metals Band theory Properties of nonmetals Properties of transition metals Coordination compounds Crystal-held theory Complex ions... 

Hydrogen is capable of forming compounds with all elements except the noble gases. In compounds with nonmetals, hydrogen usually behaves like a metal instead of a nonmetal. Therefore, when hydrogen combines with a nonmetal, it usually has a +1 oxidation number. When hydrogen combines with a metal, it usually has a —1 oxidation number. Hydrogen compounds with the transition metals are usually nonstoichiometric. Nonstoichiometric compounds have no definite formula. 

Vanadium is a silvery whitish-gray metal that is somewhat heavier than aluminum, but lighter than iron. It is ductile and can be worked into various shapes. It is like other transition metals in the way that some electrons from the next-to-outermost shell can bond with other elements. Vanadium forms many complicated compounds as a result of variable valences. This attribute is responsible for the four oxidation states of its ions that enable it to combine with most nonmetals and to at times even act as a nonmetal. Vanadiums melting point is 1890°C, its boiling point is 3380°C, and its density is 6.11 glam . 

Metal cations team up with nonmetal anions to form ionic compounds. What s more, the ratio of cations to anions within each formula unit depends on the charge assumed by the fickle transition metal. The formula unit as a whole must be electrically neutral. The rules you follow to name an ionic compound must accommodate the whims of transition metals. The system of Roman numerals or suffixes applies in such situations ... 

Transition metal nitrides and carbides can be described, generally speaking, as insertion compounds of nitrogen or carbon in the metal network.1 In fact, strong metal-nonmetal interactions exist which induce structural modifications.1,2 These compounds form a class of materials with unique physical3,4 and catalytic1,5,6 properties. The term platinoids has been used to illustrate their potential in reactions traditionally catalysed by noble metals. 

Hydrogen forms three types of binary hydrides. Active metals give ionic hydrides, such as LiH and CaFF nonmetals give covalent hydrides, such as NH3, H2O, and HF and transition metals give metallic, or interstitial, hydrides, such as PdH,.. Interstitial hydrides are often nonstoichiometric compounds. 

Section IV gives an overall view of concentrated solutions and the nonmetal-metal (NM-M) transition. Here again, the majority of data are for metal-ammonia solutions. However, in the past decade a substantial body of experimental data has emerged for the NM-M transition in lithium-methylamine solutions, which allows a direct comparison with the situation existing in metal-ammonia solutions (60). This section also considers recent developments in the study of the "expanded-metal compounds, as typified by LilNHs),, Ca(NH3)8 (82), and Li(CH3NH2)4 66), and formed by slow cooling of the concentrated metal solutions. 

Edwards, Lusis, and Sienko have recently reported an ESR study (60) of frozen lithium-methylamine solutions which suggests the existence of a compound tetramethylaminelithium(O), Li(CH3NH2)4, bearing all the traits (60) of a highly expanded metal lying extremely close to the metal-nonmetal transition. Specifically, both the nuclear-spin and electron-spin relaxation characteristics of the compound, although nominally metallic, cannot be described in terms of the conventional theories of conduction ESR (6,15, 71) and NMR in pure metals (60, 96, 169). 

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