Details of CH5102 (Autumn 2017)
| Level: 5 | Type: Theory | Credits: 4.0 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor(s) |
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| CH5102 | Principles of Inorganic Chemistry | Sumit Khanra, Venkataramanan Mahalingam |
| Syllabus |
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| 1. Molecular Orbital Theory: Homo- and Hetero-dinuclear molecules. Principles of chemical bonding and molecular structure and their application to the chemistry of main group elements: Chemistry of p-block elements, Structure and bonding of B2H6, BeCl2.
2. Ligand Field Theory and Electronic Spectroscopy of transition metal compounds. MO theory of transition metal compounds in octahedral and tetrahedral geometry: effect of ? and ? bonding. 3. Complexes of ? -donor ligands: carbonyls, nitrosyls with an emphasis towards different bonding modes, geometries and spectroscopic methods for detailed electronic structure. Characterization of transition metal compounds by magnetic measurements and EPR Spectroscopy: 4. Nitrogen and Oxygen activation with transition metal complexes. Imido and nitrido, superoxo and peroxo complexes. 5. Reaction mechanism in transition metal complexes: inner-sphere and outer sphere reaction. 6. Multiple metal-metal bonding: Quadruple bonding in [Re2Cl8]2-, synthesis structure and MO theory. Quintuple bonding in transition metal complex with an example of low-valent low-coordinate Cr(I) compound 7. Contributions to Reversible Dioxygen Binding; Superoxide and Peroxide Dismutases. Oxidases and Oxygenases: Fe, Cu, Mn, Ni in biological systems. Bio-Inspired Oxidation Catalysis: Electronic structure, reactivity, spectroscopic and kinetic characterization of functional model compounds. |
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Course Credit Options
| Sl. No. | Programme | Semester No | Course Choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IP | 1 | Not Allowed |
| 2 | IP | 3 | Not Allowed |
| 3 | IP | 5 | Elective |
| 4 | MR | 1 | Not Allowed |
| 5 | MR | 3 | Not Allowed |
| 6 | MS | 9 | Not Allowed |
| 7 | RS | 1 | Elective |
| 8 | RS | 2 | Elective |