| 1. | Title of the Course | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry |
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| 2. | Course Number | CH811/CH812 |
| 3. | Status of the Course | Program Elective |
| 4. | Structure of Credits | 3-0-0-3 |
| 5. | Offered To | PhD Chemistry |
| 6. | Prerequisite | Introductory course related to inorganic chemistry |
| 7.The course will allow the student to appreciate and understand the vast field of inorganic chemistry. | ||
| 8. Course Content: Structure and bonding of main group elements, Group 1 and 2; Group 13 to Group 17; application of main groups compounds in catalysis and materials chemistry. Structure and bonding, molecular orbital theory emphasizing general concepts and group theory; ligand field theory; angular overlap methods; application of physical methods to predict the geometry, magnetism, and electronic spectra of transition metal complexes; reaction and mechanism of metal complexes; chemistry of selected transition metals. | ||
| 9. Text book(s): 1. Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity by J. E. Huheey, E. A. Keiter, and R. L. Keiter, 4th ed. Harper Collins 1993 2. Inorganic Chemistry by Gary L Miessler and Donald A. Tarr, 3rd ed. |
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| 10. Reference(s): 1. Basic Organometallic Chemistry, Anil Elias and B D Gupta 2. Massey, Main Group Chemistry, 2 nd Edition; ISBN: 978-0-471-49039-5 3. Greenwood, Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements; ISBN: 978-0-7506-3365-9 |
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