Spectroscopic Methods in Inorganic Chemistry   (172H2)

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

Study programs:

Teachers:

Snežana D. Zarić, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Sanja R. Grgurić Šipka, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

Weekly: five hours of lectures + three hours of study research work

Goals:

In undergraduate courses students learn about spectroscopic methods. Hence, the main aim of this course it is to teach students to use spectroscopic methods to characterize coordination compounds.

Outcome:

After this course students should be able to use various spectroscopic methods to characterize coordination compounds.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, solving problems.

Extracurricular activities:

Searching literature, homework.

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

• Alan K. Brisdon: Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods

Supplementary coursebooks:

• Papers from the journals

Additional material:

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Lectures:

0 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

• Characterization of complex compounds by infrared and Raman spectroscopy.
• Electronic absorption spectroscopy (UV/Vis). Metal-metal transfers. Splitting of orbitals in ligand field. Jahn-Teller effect.
• M.O. theory, spectrochemical series.
• Optical rotatory disperzion and its application in assignment of absolute configuration.
• Circular dichroism and its application in assignment of absolute configuration.
• Characterization of complex compounds by NMR spectroscopy.
• Mass spectroscopy. Ionization methods.
• Electron spin resonance spectroscopy.
• Solving problems by combining spectroscopic methods.

Written exam:

30 points

Oral exam:

70 points

Study research work:

0 points (3 hours a week)