Summary Chapter 23 - The Transition Metals

I got an A* in my chemistry A-Level using the notes that I have uploaded and I am currently studying chemistry at the University of Birmingham. These revision notes include detail on electron configuration of transition metals, non-degenerate d-orbitals, chemical properties of transition metals, coordinate bonding, ligands, coordination number, the chelate effect, haemoglobin, diammine silver(I), geometrical isomerism, ligand substitution recations, cisplatin and transplatin, optical isomerism, explanations for coloured transition metal ions, electronic transitions, colorimetry, variable oxidation states e.g. for reduction of vanadium, redox titrations and their calculations, oxidation of transition metal ions in alkaline solutions, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, catalyst poisoning, the Contact process, reaction between iodide ions and peroxodisulfate ions, autocatlysis, why some catalysts are better than others e.g. silver and tungsten, and practical application for the reaction of permanganate and iron(II).