- Bonding in Coordination Compounds: CFT and Term Symbols (recapitulation), microstates (d$^2 $ electronic configuration), R-S coupling, Nephelauxetic effect & ratio. Molecular Orbital Theory (MOT): MO theory of Transition Metal complexes in Octahedral, Tetrahedral & Square Planar Geometric arrangements, Effect of pi-bonding in MO theory, Concept of Metal-Metal Bonding in cluster compounds, quadruple bond in [Re$_2 $Cl$_8 $]$^2- $ cluster, quintuple bond.
- Coordination Chemistry & Spectra: Electronic spectroscopy of Transition Metal Complexes, Ligand Field Spectra, Ligand Field Splitting; Interelectronic Repulsion Parameter(B); Orgel Diagrams, Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams, Tetragonal Distortions from Octahedral Symmetry & Jahn-Teller Theorem, Selection Rules of Electronic Transition: Laportes Forbidden Rule, Spin Selection Rule Charge Transfer Spectra (CT), Ligand to Metal Charge Transfer (LMCT), Metal to Ligand Charge Transfer (MLCT), Ligand to Ligand Charge Transfer (LLCT).
- Molecular Magnetism in Coordination Chemistry: Free Atoms & Ions: Spin Coupling, Orbital Coupling, Spin-Orbit Coupling, Russell-Saunders or LS Coupling. Van-Vlecks formula for susceptibility, Strength of Ligand Fields: Weak Field Case & Strong Field Case, Term Splitting & Electronic Configuration. Spin Orbit Coupling on A, E & T Terms. Measurements: Gouy Method, Faraday Methods & Superconducting Quantum Interface Device (SQUID) magnetometer.
Mononuclear Systems with Metal ions of the First Transition Series; Exchange Coupled Dinuclear and Trinuclear Compounds, Spin Hamiltonian parameters, Heisenberg-Dirac-Van Vleck (HDVV) Hamiltonian, Spin Frustration, Orthogonality of magnetic orbitals, Ferromagnetic & Antiferromagnetic exchange interactions.
- EPR spectroscopy: Basic Principles, Selection Rules, representation of EPR spectrum, First derivative spectrum, Hyperfine & Superhyperfine interactions, determination of hyperfine coupling constant, Relaxation mechanism, Isotropic, Axial & Rhombic spectra, g-value and factors affecting the values. EPR spectroscopy of paramagnetic mononuclear & polynuclear compounds: distortion in the coordination environment & origin of anisotropic systems like axial & rhombic spectra.
- Reaction Kinetics and Mechanism in Transition Metal Chemistry: Recapitulation (Reaction mechanism of Associative, Interexchange associate, Dissociative, Interexchange Dissociative Laws; Trans Effect Kinetics & Mechanism of Octahedral Substitution Reactions). Thermodynamic & Kinetic Stability Substitution reactions in Square Planar Complexes; Rate law for Nucleophilic Substitution in a Square Planar Complexes: Influence of Acid & Base in Rates, Mechanism of Redox Reactions; Electron Transfer Reactions; Outer Sphere Mechanism; Inner Sphere Mechanism. Recent advances in catalysis involving transition metal compounds.
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