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1. What is isolectronic species? Provide examples of molecular nitrogen and its isolectronic counterpart.
2. Explain the uses of heteropoly anions in the petrochemical industry.
3. Discuss the characteristics of metal clusters in high oxidation states.
4. What are high nuclearity carbonyl clusters (HNCC)? Describe their structure.
5. Explain Wade's rules and predict the structure of carbonyl clusters.
6. What are Zintl ions or Naked clusters?
7. Discuss the fast electron transfer properties of ligands with high conductivity.
8. Describe Orgel diagrams and their use in transition metal complexes.
9. Define unimolecular nucleophilic substitution reactions.
10. Explain the association and dissociation mechanisms of base hydrolysis reactions.
11. Discuss thermodynamic stability and its relation to the stability constant.
12. What is the role of charge transfer in determining the electronic transitions of complexes?
13. Explain the significance of Jahn-Teller distortion in coordination chemistry.
14. Describe the application of Tanabe-Sugano diagrams in predicting spectral transitions.
15. What are the factors influencing substitution reactions in square planar complexes?
16. Discuss the properties and role of Zeise's salt as a transition metal alkene complex.
17. What is the role of Pi-acceptor ligands in coordination chemistry?
18. Explain Marcus-Hush theory and its application in redox reactions.