Fundamentals of Coordination Chemistry   (1121A)

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

4

Study level:

Study programs:

Teacher:

Maja A. Gruden-Pavlović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

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

Goals:

Introduction to the principles and descriptive coordination chemistry, as one of the most important areas of modern inorganic chemistry.

Outcome:

Fundamentals of Coordination Chemistry provides opportunity for students to gain knowledge of coordination chemistry - nomenclature, stereochemistry, synthetic methods, the interpretation of optical spectra and magnetism, and the importance and application of coordination compounds.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, theoretical exercises, seminars.

Extracurricular activities:

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Coursebooks:

• Basolo, Jonson: Coordination chemistry
• Glen Rodgers: Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination and Solid-State Chemistry

Additional material:

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Lectures:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

1. Introduction and historical development of coordination compounds.

2. Nomenclature of coordination compounds.

3. Acceptors and donors.

4-5. Symmetry aspects of coordination compounds.

6. Stereochemistry of coordination compounds.

7-8. Chemical bond in the coordination compounds.

9. Synthesis and chemical transformation of coordination compounds.

10. Stability of coordination compounds.

11. Kinetics and  reaction mechanisms of  coordination compounds.

12-13. Optical spectra and magnetism of coordination compounds.

14-15. The importance and application of coordination compounds.

Colloquia:

20 points

Written exam:

70 points