General Inorganic Chemistry
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| CHEM2007 | Chemistry | 2 | 20 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- CHEM2007
- School
- Chemistry
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
Organometallic nomenclature and principal reaction types. Synthesis of compounds with metal-carbon bonds, and their bonding and reactivity. Main Group Chemistry including the reactions of main group elements and their components. The use of symmetry and Group Theory to provide a description of bonding in molecules, and to fully analyse vibrational spectroscopic data. Trends in the chemical properties within a group and across a period. The use of multinuclear NMR spectroscopy as a tool for the characterisation of molecules. Magnetism and electronic spectroscopy.
Target Students
Only available for BSc/MSci Chemistry students OR BSc/MSci Medicinal and Biological Chemistry AND available for Level 2 students. Cannot be taken with CHEM2012.
Classes
- One 1-hour workshop each week for 7 weeks
- One 1-hour tutorial each week for 4 weeks
- Two 1-hour lectures each week for 21 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Exam 1 (3-hour): Second re-assessment: If a further re-assessment is allowed by satisfying the conditions of Undergraduate Course Regulation 19, the form of the further re-assessment for this module will be 100% coursework.
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
To survey the classical and new chemistry of the main group elements. To use group theory as a tool in the analysis of molecular orbitals and vibrational spectra in inorganic chemistry. To give a concise introduction to the organometallic chemistry of the transition metals. To use multinuclear NMR spectroscopy as a tool for the characterisation of molecules. To develop an understanding and use of electronic transitions and magnetism in inorganic compounds.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
- Understand the importance of Main Group compounds across all branches of chemistry and materials science.
- Appreciate how the properties of key classes of compounds (oxides, hydrides, etc) vary across, and down the Periodic Table.
- Symmetry elements in molecules, Group Theory and applications to the description of bonding molecular orbitals and vibrational spectroscopy.
- Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, understanding of this spectroscopic technique and use in the prediction and interpretation of spectra.
- Magnetism and electronic transitions; spin and orbital contributions; principles of magnetism. Organometallic nomenclature, synthesis, bonding and reactivity.
Intellectual Skills:
- The application of such knowledge to the solution of a range of problems.
Transferable/Key Skills:
- Problem-solving and written communication skills.