Variety of metallurgical
processes, industrial catalysts and analytical reagents
involve 
the 
use 
of 
coordination 
compounds Coordination compounds also find many applications
in electroplating, textile dyeing and medicinal chemistry Coordination
Compounds
After studying this Unit, you will be
•able to
appreciate 
the 
postulates 
of
Werner’s theory of coordination
compounds;
•
know the meaning of the terms:
coordination entity, central atom/
ion, ligand, coordination number,
coordination sphere, coordination
polyhedron, oxidation number,
homoleptic and heteroleptic;
•
learn the rules of nomenclature
of coordination compounds;
•
write the formulas and names
of 
mononuclear 
coordination
compounds;
•
define different types of isomerism
in coordination compounds;
•
understand the nature of bonding
in coordination compounds in
terms of the Valence Bond and
Crystal Field theories;
•
appreciate the importance and
applications 
of 
coordination
compounds in our day to day life Objectives
Coordination Compounds are the backbone of modern inorganic
and bio–inorganic chemistry and chemical industry