CHEM 22062

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Inorganic Chemistry II
>< Pre-requisites : CHEM 11014 & CHEM 11021
>< Objectives : To provide theoretical aspects and practical applications of the relevant areas.
>< Course Content :

Organotransition metal Chemistry

Preparation, properties, structures, bonding and spectra of transition metal carbonyls, nitrosyls and phosphene complexes, metallocenes and arene complexes, homogeneous catalysis.

Nuclear and Radiochemistry

Atomic nucleus, isotopes, binding energy, nuclear stability, radioactivity and decay, nuclear reactions, radiation effects on matter, radio analytical techniques, health and safety aspects, applications.

Symmetry and Diffraction

Symmetry elements and operations, point groups, x-ray diffraction; single crystal method and Powder diffraction method, space symmetry, applications of x-ray crystallography.

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorial discussions.
>< Scheme of Evaluation : 100% end of course examination
>< Recommended Reading :
1. Collman, J. P., Hegedus, L. S., Norton, J. R. and Finke, R. G. (1987), Principles and Applications of Organotransitionmetal Chemistry, University Science Books, Mill Valley.
2. Elschenbroich, C. and Salzer, A. (1992), Organometallics, 2nd edition, VCH.
3. Crabtree, R. H. (1988), The organometalic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, John Wiley.
4. Lieser, K. H. (1997), Nuclear and Radiochemistry, VCH.
5. Jaffe, H. H. and Orchin, H. (1965), Symmetry in Chemistry, John Wiley.

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