Details of CH4204 (Spring 2025)
| Level: 4 | Type: Theory | Credits: 4.0 |
| Course Code | Course Name | Instructor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| CH4204 | Physical Inorganic and Adv. Bioinorganic Chemistry | Sumit Khanra |
| Syllabus |
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| Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy of Transition metal ions
Recapitulation of principles, d-d transitions, MLCT, LMCT & LLCT transitions correlating with active sites of some bioinorganic complexes. Molecular Magnetism in Inorganic & Bioinorganic Chemistry Basic principles. Curie Law, Curie-Weiss Law and their representations. TC, TN. Spin and orbital magnetic moments (so & L). Term symbols and correlation of orbital magnetic moments with A, E, T ground term. Spin-Orbit coupling () and deviation of so. Exchange coupled polynuclear compounds: Dinuclear, Trinuclear, HDVV Hamiltonian, Exchange-Coupling constant, determination of Spin-Hamiltonian parameters (J). Special emphasis on Cu, Fe, Mn relevant to bioinorganic chemistry. Metal-radical interactions. EPR spectroscopy Principles, g values, isotropic and anisotropic (axial, rhombic) spectrum correlation with geometries of the compounds, Hyperfine interaction & hyperfine coupling constant (A). Determination of g and A values from spectroscopy. Variation of g with spin-orbit coupling constant. Zero-field Spliting: Axial (D) & Rhombic (E). Representation of systems containing ZFS. Determination of SH parameters (D, E) from Hamiltonian and spectroscopic data.. Establishment of valence localized or delocalized structure from the spectroscopic data. Description of certain examples related to inorganic complexes and bioinorganic active sites. Vibrational Spectroscopy Recapitulation of principles & Elucidation of relevant bioinorganic active sites via IR & Raman Spectroscopy. Mossbauer Spectroscopy: Principles & aspects of 57Fe spectroscopy. Isomer Shift (), Quadruple Splitting (EQ). Hyperfine interaction and hyperfine coupling constant. Examples of High-spin & low spin Fe compounds. Understanding functional aspects of transition metal compounds towards bioinorganic catalysis with the above mentioned tools. |
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Course Credit Options
| Sl. No. | Programme | Semester No | Course Choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IP | 2 | Not Allowed |
| 2 | IP | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 3 | IP | 6 | Not Allowed |
| 4 | MP | 2 | Not Allowed |
| 5 | MP | 4 | Elective |
| 6 | MR | 2 | Not Allowed |
| 7 | MR | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 8 | MS | 10 | Not Allowed |
| 9 | MS | 4 | Not Allowed |
| 10 | MS | 6 | Not Allowed |
| 11 | MS | 8 | Elective |
| 12 | RS | 1 | Elective |
| 13 | RS | 2 | Elective |