Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| CHEM2012 | Chemistry | 2 | 10 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- CHEM2012
- School
- Chemistry
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
Summary of Content: 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 fully analyse vibrational spectroscopic data. Trends in the chemical properties within a group and across a period. Selected recent highlights in inorganic chemistry. The use of multinuclear NMR spectroscopy as a tool for the characterisation of molecules.
Target Students
Chemistry and Molecular Physics OR Natural Sciences OR Biochemistry OR Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine students AND for Level 2 students. Cannot be taken with CHEM2007.
Classes
- One 1-hour workshop each week for 2 weeks
- One 1-hour tutorial each week for 2 weeks
- One 1-hour lecture each week for 18 weeks
Assessment
- 100% Exam 1 (2-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 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.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 vibrational spectroscopy.
Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, understanding of this spectroscopic technique and use in the prediction and interpretation of spectra.
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.