Course code:
1102B		 Course name:
Inorganic Chemistry

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

6

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Biochemistry: 1. year, summer semester, compulsory course

Teachers:

Ilija D. Brčeski, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Miloš K. Milčić, Ph.D.
associate professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

Jelena M. Živković, Ph.D.
senior research associate, Innovation center, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Predrag V. Petrović, Ph.D.

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures + three hours of labwork (3+0+3)

Goals:

Introducing to the basic of coordination chemistry, as well as a brief overview of chemical elements.

Outcome:

It is expected that students expand their knowledge in inorganic chemistry, coordination chemistry in particular (important for understanding the effects of biomolecules) and the chemistry of the elements (important for understanding how the electronic configuration of elements determines their chemical, physical and physiological characteristics).

Teaching methods:

Lectures, experimental exercises

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  • I. Filipović, S. Lipanović: Opća i anorganska kemija, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1995.
  • Glen E. Rodgers: Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination and Solid-state Chemistry, Thomson Learning, Inc., Canada, 2002.
  • Đ. Miodragović i I. Hodžić: Praktikum iz neorganske hemije 2 za studente biohemije

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • Drago Grdenić: Molekule i kristali, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1987.

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

15 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

  1. Introduction to coordination chemistry and Werner's coordination theory. Nomenclature of coordination compounds.
  2. Stereochemistry of coordination compounds.
  3. The nature of the chemical bond in coordination compounds, crystal field theory, ligand field theory and molecular orbitals.
  4. Test.
  5. Synthesis and chemical transformation of coordination compounds. Kinetics and reaction mechanisms of coordination compounds.
  6. Factors that influence the stability of coordination compounds.
  7. Biologically important molecules - oxygen carriers and metalloenzymes.
  8. Application of coordination compounds.
  9. Test.
  10. Periodic table of elements. Hydrogen and the nucleosynthesis of lighter elements.
  11. Elements of the first, second and thirteenth group of the periodic system.
  12. Elements of the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth groups of the periodic system.
  13. Elements of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and twelveth groups of the periodic system.
  14. Transition elements (with special reference to V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Mo).
  15. Test.

Labwork:

15 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

1. and 2 Week: Exercise no. 1: Werner's coordination theory. Experimental part: Measurement of molar conductivity.

3. and 4 Week: Exercise no. 2: Isomery of complex compounds. Experimental part: Synthesis and separation of geometric isomers.

5. and 6 Week: Exercise no. 3: Optical activity of the complex compounds. Symmetry restrictions. Experimental part: Synthesis and separation of optical isomers of Tris (1,2-diamminoethane) cobalt (III) complex.

7. and 8 Week: Exercise no. 4: Optical rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism. Experimental part: Making ORD spectrum of (+) 589 - [Co (en) 3] I3 · H2O.

9. and 10 Week: Exercise no. 5: Infrared spectroscopy in the characterization of complex compounds. Experimental part: Influence of central metal ions in coordination of the ligands.

11. and 12 Week: Exercise no. 6: Electronic absorption spectroscopy in the characterization of complex compounds. Experimental part: spectrochemical series of ligands.

13. and 14 Week: Exercise no. 7: Nuclear magnetic resonance in the characterization of complex compounds. Experimental part: 13C and 1H NMR spectra of [Co (ox) (en) 2] Cl complex.

15. Week: Exercise no. 8: Magnetic properties of the complex compounds. Experimental part: Measurement of magnetic susceptibility of [Cu (NH3) 4] SO4 and K3 [Cr (ox) 3] complex and  calculation of magnetic moment.

Written exam:

70 points