CHEM 43014

>< Type/Status : Compulsory
>< Title : Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
>< Objectives : To provide advanced topics in Inorganic Chemistry with the current trends.
>< Course Content :

Coordination Chemistry

Molecular orbital and ligand field theories, electronic spectra of coordination compounds, term symbols, Orgel and Tanabe-Sugano energy level diagrams, Racah parameters, structural properties of spinels and inverse spinels, magneto chemistry of transition metal complexes.

Organometallic Chemistry

Formal oxidation state and d electron configuration, 18 electron rule, classification of ligands, metal - ligand bonding, survey of organometallic complexes according to ligand reactivity patterns; ligand substitution, oxidative addition, reductive elimination, insertion, hydride elimination, nucleophilic and electrophilic attack on coordinated ligands, homogeneous catalysis.

Nuclear & Radiochemistry

Structure of atomic nucleus, binding energy, nuclear stability, nuclear energy, radioactivity and decay, interactions of radiation with matter, nuclear reactions and applications, radio analytical techniques, environmental radiochemistry.

Crystallography
Macromolecular crystallography, x-ray diffraction patterns in one, two and three dimensions, the structure & the atomic scattering factor, the phase problem, direct methods for solving the phase problem, the Patterson map, isomorphous replacement, model building, refinement & evaluation of models.

>< Process : A combination of lectures and tutorials.
>< 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 Organotransition metal Chemistry: University Science Books, Mill Valley.
2. Parkins, A. W. and Poller, R. C. (1986), An introduction to organometallic chemistry, McMillan.
3. Geary, W. J. (1986), Radiochemical Methods, John Wiley.

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