Prerequisites: For Ph.D. students only
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Course Contents
General (10-12 lectures)
- Localized and delocalized bonding models. A review of various bonding models in inorganic chemistry with appropriate examples.
- Symmetry, Point Groups and applications of symmetry. Introduction to symmetry elements and operations, point groups, character tables and uses in applications such as bonding.
- Chemical forces including weak interactions and the basic aspects of crystal engineering.
- Structural characterization tools for inorganic compounds.
Main-group [10-12 lectures]
- Inorganic rings and cages: Boranes, P-N , Si-O, Al-O systems.
- Low-valent compounds containing main-group elements.
- Multiple-bonding in compounds containing main group elements.
Transition Metals [20-22 lectures]
- Transition metal chemistry-A review of basic theories of bonding in coordination complexes
- Term symbols and electronic spectra of transition metal compounds
- Magnetism of coordination complexes. Single molecule magnets
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- Organometallic compounds- various types of organometallic compounds including metal carbenes and their reactivity.
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Books and References
Inorganic Chemistry-Principles of Structure and Reactivity. 4th Edn. Huheey J. E.; Keiter, E. A.; and Keiter, R. L. Harper-Collins, NY, 1993.
Concepts and Models of Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd Edn. Douglas, B.; McDaniel, D.; and Alexander, J. John Wiley, New York. 1993.
The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals. 4th Edn. Crabtree, R. H. Wiley-Interscience, 2005.