| CODE | CHE1340 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Principles of Inorganic Chemistry | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Chemistry | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Contents: 1. Introduction to modern inorganic chemistry Planck's constant; Wave functions; Schroedinger's equation; Uncertainty principle; Quantum numbers; Atomic orbitals; Pauli's exclusion principle; Hund's rules; Atomic orbitals; Shielding effects; Ionic radii; Ionization energies; Electronegativity; Hardness/softness; Perturbations. 2. Molecular structures Octet rule; Lewis structures; Valency shell electron pair repulsion theory (VSEPR). 3. Molecular orbital theory Molecular orbitals of Homonuclear and hetronuclear diatomic molecules. 4. Symmetry Symmetry elements and operations; Point groups. 5. Group Theory Matrix algebra; Definition of a symmetry point group; Matrix equivalents of symmetry operations; Group representation; Irreversible representations; Character tables; Linear combination of atomic orbitals for water, methane and ethylene. 6. Molecular Vibrations Degrees of freedom; Vibrations; Reducible representations; Principles of infra red and Raman spectroscopies; Selection rules. 7. Solid State Structures of solids; Packing; Lattices and lattice points; Coulombic attractions; Madelung's constant; Born Mayer and Kapustinski's equations; Born Haber cycles; Enthalpy, entropy and Gibb's equation; Rationalization of structures; Structure of salt, Wurzite, Rutile, perovskite, nickel arsenide; Effects of enthalpy on solubility and dissociation. 8. Acid and Base reactions Bronsted-Lowry acids and bases; Solvent levelling effects; Lewis acids and bases; Hard and soft acids and bases; Lewis acids and bases; Oxo acids; Pauling's rules. Recommended Text: - Shriver, Atkins & Langford, Inorganic Chemistry, (1993, 2 ed.) Oxford University Press. Supplementary Reading: - Cotton F.A. & Wilkinson G., Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, (5 ed.) Interscience. - Butler & Harrod, Inorganic Chemistry, Principles and Applications, (1989) Benjamin/Cummings. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ulrich Baisch |
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