| Name: |
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry |
| Catalog Number: |
411002Y |
Hours/Credits: |
40/2 |
| Prerequisite(s): |
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At least three courses at college level, including Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Structural Chemistry. The course is designed for students and chemists, who do not have an extensive inorganic chemistry background, especially have no enough knowledge about structure, bonding and reactivity of inorganic compounds. |
| Course Description: |
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To extend the concepts and skills acquired in future research in chemistry; To understand current research done in the field of coordination chemistry; To introduce the frontier of inorganic chemistry, crystal field theory, molecular orbital theory, reaction mechanisms of d-block metal complexes and the molecular symmetry. |
| Course Content: |
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Chapter 1 Molecular symmetry and group theory
The concept of symmetry operation, symmetry elements and symmetry group, group theory and its applications in inorganic chemistry.
Chapter 2 Coordination chemistry I
Structures and isomers; Structure of coordination compound with coordination numbers varied from 1 to 14; Isomerism of coordination compound: structural isomerism and stereoisomerism.
Chapter 3 Coordination chemistry II
Crystal field theory; Influence of crystal field stabilization energy on the properties of coordination compound.
Chapter 4 Coordination chemistry III
Reactions and mechanism; Substitution reaction of square-planar and octahedral complexes.
Chapter 5 Organometallic chemistry
Carbonyl complexes; Complexes of unsaturated hydrocarbons; Ferrocene and other metallocenes.
Chapter 6 Chemistry of metal and non-metal clusters
Chapter 7 Metal-metal multiple bonds |
| TextBooks: |
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| Reference: |
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Cotton, F. A., Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley, New York, 6th ed, 1999. |
