Ligand(s)-to-metal charge transfer as a factor controlling the equilibrium constants of late first-row transition metal complexes: revealing the Irving–Williams thermodynamical series
Journal
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
2
Pages
805--811
Date Issued
2015
Author(s)
Abstract
A unified relationship between the experimental formation constants and the ligand(s)-to-metal charge transfer values of versatile ligand complexes of late transition series first-row bivalent metal ions is uncovered. The latter property not only explicates the Irving-Williams series but also rationalizes quantitatively Pearson's concept of hard and soft acids and bases by correlating the gas-phase to aqueous solution-phase chemistry in a broad sense.
Type
journal article