Inorganic Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry (CHE 2205)

(2 credits) - (30 hours)

Course aims:-

The aim is provide an overview of both modern and classical treatments of bonding in coordination compounds, and to apply the various structural models to the detailed interpretation  of spectral and magnetic properties.

Course ILOs:
On successful completion of the course students should be able to:
Construct molecular orbitals for mononuclear metal complexes, and to derive quantitative orbital energy schemes.
Use molecular orbital methods to interpret the position of ligands in the spectrochemical series.
Derive the energy levels of free metal ions, and how these are influenced by the ligands.
Use correlation diagrams to describe how energy levels change in metal complexes as the ligand-field strength changes.
Apply appropriate bonding models to the interpretation of electronic spectra and to extract chemically useful information from these spectra.
Describe the catalytic properties of transition metals and industrial applications of their compounds.
Specify atomic planes, directions and families of planes and directions within a given crystal structure using Miller indices.
predict decay and reactions
Explain the courses of radio activity and radio decay.
Describe the process of decay and predict the products.

Course capsule:
•        Coordination Chemistry (15 h)
•        IUPAC nomenclature of transition metal complexes, Types of laisnds, Coordination chemistry of metal complexes, Isomers,     
         Hybridization and geometry. Bonding theories of transition metal complexes, crystal field theory, ligand field theory and 
         molecular orbital theory. Jahn Teller theory and its applications. Variation in colour, Magnetic properties and reactivity of 
         coordination complexes. 
•Solid state (10 h)
         Classification of Solids: Crystalline solids, amorphous solids, distinction between crystalline and amorphous solids, molecular
         crystals (van der Waals crystal), covalent crystals, ionic crystals.
•        The crystal Structures of Ionic Materials: Pauling groups, Crystal types: simple cubic (c), body centered cubic (bcc), face 
         centered cubic (fcc/ccp) hexagonal close packed (hcp) etc., tetrahedral and octahedral holes, coordination number, unit cell,  
         crystal systems, Miller indices and their significance.
•       Nuclear and radio chemistry (5 h)
•       Atomic nucleus, radio isotopes, binding energy, nuclear stability, radioactivity and decay, nuclear reactions, effects of  
         radiation on matter.

Teaching methods:
•Lectures
•Assignments and
•Turorials/quizzes

Course evaluation:

Assessment

Contribution to Course Grade (%)

Continuous assessment

10

Mid semester examination

20

End semester Examination theory

70



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