610-345 Inorganic Chemistry Practical III

Credit cannot be gained for this subject and 610-340 (Before 1999: 610-341).

610-240, or 610-241 plus 610-245 (1998: 610-245 plus 610-240 or 610-241). Concurrent enrolment in 610-341 is strongly recommended.

Upon completion of 610-345, students should have developed time and resource management skills; skills to synthesise a range of inorganic molecules; knowledge of the application and interpretation of a range of spectroscopic and physical techniques; experience in reporting the results of an experimental study; and a capacity to manage competing demands on time, including self-directed work.

The program will consist of a number of experiments involving the synthesis and/or chemical and/or instrumental investigations of important classes of main group and transition metal coordination and organometallic compounds.

Ongoing assessment of practical work in the form of short reports due during the semester (83%); a 20-minute oral examination held in the week following the completion of practical work (17%).