610-240 Inorganic Chemistry II A

Note

Credit cannot be gained for this subject and 610-241.

Credit Points

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Chemistry 610-141+ 610-142 or, if an average mark of greater than 60% is obtained, 610-161 + 610-162 (or Pre 1998: 610-121 + 610-122).

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion of 610-240 students should comprehend:

• the nature of the metals and main group elements;
• how the nature of the metal and the ligand determines the observed chemistries;
• important concepts in bonding, important reactions, including redox and catalytic reactions.

Students should also appreciate the importance of rational, critical and independent thought in chemical science and in the understanding of inorganic chemistry.

The subject covers the topics: metal chemistry: properties and reactions of metal compounds coordination complexes and organometallic species; main group chemistry: properties and reactions of non-metal compounds; bonding in polyatomic molecules.

Assessment

One 3-hour written examination at the end of Semester 2.

Prescribed Texts

• Shriver D. F., Atkins P. W. and Langford C. H., Inorganic Chemistry. (2nd ed Oxford, 1994).