Syllabus

Course Code: CHEM401    Course Name: Inorganic Chemistry-IV

MODULE NO / UNIT COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE NOTES
1 Metal- Ligand Bonding in Transition Metal complexes
Limitations of valence bond theory, an elementary idea of crystal field theory, crystal field splitting in octahedral, tetrahedral and square planar complexes, factors affecting the crystal field parameters.
Thermodynamics and Kinetic Aspects of metal complexes
A brief outline of thermodynamic stability of metal complexes and factors affecting the stability, Irving William Series, substitution reactions of square planer complexes of Pt[II], Trans effect.
Magnetic properties of Transition metal complexes
Types of magnetic materials, magnetic susceptibility, method of determining magnetic susceptibility, spin only formula, L-S coupling, correlation of μs and μeff values, orbital contribution to magnetic moments, application of magnetic moment data for 3d metal complexes.
2 Electronic spectra of Transition metal complexes
Selection rules for d-d transition, spectroscopic ground states, spectrochemical series, orgel energy level diagram for d1 and d9 states, discussion of electronic spectrum of [Ti(H2O)6] +3 complex ion.
Theory of Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Chemistry of analysis of various groups of basic and acidic radicals, chemistry of identification of acid radicals in typical combination, chemistry of interference of acid radicals including their removal in the analysis of basic radicals, common ion effect, solubility product, theory of precipitation, co-precipitation, post precipitation, purification of precipitates.
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