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    Color of transition metal compounds

    • Last Update: 2021-06-18
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    When natural light irradiates the material, all visible light passes through, and the material is colorless; all visible light is reflected, and the material is white; when all visible light is absorbed, the material appears black
    .


    When part of the wavelength of visible light is absorbed by a substance, the substance shows the complementary color of the absorbed visible light.


    The complementary relationship of each wavelength of visible light is: red-blue-green, yellow-blue, green-purple and purple-yellow-green
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    1.
    dd transition

    Under illumination, the electrons in the d orbital in the crystal field absorb light energy equivalent to the splitting energy △ and then transition from the low-level d-orbital to the high-level d-orbital, which is called the dd transition
    .


    If the energy of the dd transition is just in the visible light energy range, that is, the d electron absorbs the photon of the visible light wavelength during the transition, then the compound shows a color


    [Example 9-6] Discuss the color of [Ti(H 2 O) 6 ] 3+
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    Solution Ti 3+ electron configuration is 3d 1 , there is only 1 d electron
    .

    Under the irradiation of natural light, the 3d 1 electron of Ti 3+ absorbs the visible light wavelength part whose energy is equivalent to △o, and the d electron undergoes a transition .

    Since the 3d electronic transition of Ti 3+ mainly absorbs green visible light, [Ti(H 2 O) 6 ] 3+ appears purple-red
    .

    Obviously, coordination compounds with central electronic configuration (also called electronic configuration) from d 1 to d 9 may undergo dd transitions and may have colors; compounds with electronic configurations of d 0 and d 10 do not undergo dd transitions.


    Compounds should generally be colorless, such as Cu(I), Zn(II), La(III), Ti(IV), etc.
    , are generally colorless or white


    2.
    Charge transfer

    Charge transfer refers to the process of charge transition from the ligand to the central ion
    .


    When the charge transfer absorption of visible light, will display color compounds, such as Hgl 2 (Hg 2+ , 5D 10 ), red; of MnO .


    There is strong polarization and mutual polarization between Hg 2+ and I - .
    The absorption of blue-green visible light causes the negative charge of I plant to migrate to Hg 2+ , so HgI 2 appears red
    .


    Similarly, charge transfer can be used to explain the colors of MnO 4 - and CrO 4 2-


    Both Mn 2+ and Fe 3+ have a 3d 5 electronic configuration (the d orbital electron is half-filled).
    During the dd transition, the electron needs to change the spin direction to reduce the probability of the electronic transition and the color is lighter
    .


    For example, [Mn(H 2 O) 6 ] 2+ is light red, and [Fe(H 2 O) 6 ] 3 + is light purple (near colorless)


    Temperature has an effect on polarization and charge transfer, and sometimes affects the color of the compound
    .


    For example, AgI shows yellow at room temperature and absorbs blue visible light; high temperature shows red, because of the strong polarization at high temperature, charge transfer is easier, and absorbs blue and green light with lower energy than blue light; low temperature appears white because of charge migration at low temperature It becomes difficult and needs to absorb ultraviolet light


     

     

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