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Academic Year |
2011
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Course Code |
CHEM3303
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Title |
Advanced inorganic chemistry
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Credit |
9
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Department |
Chemistry |
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Course Co-ordinator |
Prof C M Che, Chemistry
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Teachers Involved |
Prof C M Che (25%); Prof V W W Yam (25%); Prof H Z Sun (25%); Dr S W Lai (25%)
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Course Aim
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To give further, more detailed, treatment to topics mentioned in Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry and to develop new areas of interest. The course also aims to prepare students for graduate work in inorganic chemistry.
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Course Contents |
Selected advanced inorganic topics of current interest. Examples include metal-metal bonds and metal-ligand multiple bonds, substitution and electron transfer reactions, inorganic and supramolecular photochemistry, bio-inorganic and medicinal chemistry, and activation of small molecules by metal complexes.
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Learning Outcomes |
On successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the structure and bonding of metal-metal multiple bonded complexes and explain the nature of metal-metal bonding by molecular orbital diagram
- Understand and realize the activation of small molecules by transition metal complexes through chemical and electrochemical means
- Familiarize with the chemistry of lanthanide coordination compounds, understand the electronic and magnetic properties of the Lanthanides, and realize their applications in biomedical imaging
- Understand the structure and bonding of metal-ligand multiple bonded complexes and realize the mechanisms on the reactivities of these metal complexes; the basic principles and concepts of inorganic and supramolecular photochemistry;
- Explain the basic principles of substitution and electron transfer reactions
- Understand the role of metal complexes in bio-inorganic and medicinal chemistry
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Pre-requisites |
Pass in CHEM2302; and
Pass in CHEM3106, or already enrolled in this course.
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Offer in academic year
2011 - 2012
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Year long
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Availability in 2012 - 2013
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N
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| Examination |
May
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| Teaching Hours |
36 lectures, 12 tutorials and 12 hours of literature survey and presentation
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Assessment Method |
One 3-hour written examination (80% weighting) and continuous assessment (20% weighting)
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Quota |
100
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Textbooks |
F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, Hurillo and Bochmann: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Wiley, 1999,
6th ed.)
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References |
Reference to specialist texts and other published materials will be made throughout the course.
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Course Website |
NIL
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Remarks |
NIL
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Status |
You had submitted at Feb 10, 2011
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Comment (For Department
Reference Only) |
It is expected that this course would be cancelled in 2012-2013.
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Last updated by CHEM at Feb 10, 2011
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