At the end of this activity, students should be able to describe the structure of complex ions and determine the coûordination number of the central ion, classify ligands as uniû or multitendate, determine the charge of a complex ion, explain why transition metal complexes are usually colored, and say what affects their color, describe the reactions of complex ions in terms of ligand exchange, give examples of redox reactions promoted by changing the ligands, describe the uses of transition metal complexes, including in analytical tests and explain the biological importance of transition metal complexes.

Originally released by Learnetic, 2016.