Inorganic Chemistry-3 (0303322)
First Semester 2011/2012
Text book: Inorganic Chemistry by C. E. Housecroft and A. G. Sharpe , 3rd Edition , Pearson 2008
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Course Outline
1.
Hydrogen ( 3 Lectures )
Hydrogen: the simplest atom. The H+ and H- ions: The hydrogen ion (proton), The hydride ion. Isotopes
of hydrogen: Protium and deuterium, Deuterated compounds, Tritium. Dihydrogen: occurrence, Physical
properties, Synthesis and uses, Reactivity. Polar and non-polar E-H bonds. Hydrogen bonding: The
hydrogen bond, Trends in boiling points, melting points and enthalpies of vaporization for p-block. Binary
hydrides.
2.
Group 1: the alkali metals ( 3 Lectures )
Introduction. Occurrence, extraction and uses: Occurrence, Extraction, Major uses of the alkali metals
and their compounds. Physical properties: General properties, Atomic spectra and flame tests,
Radioactive isotopes, NMR active nuclei. The metals: Appearance, Reactivity. Halides. Oxides and
hydroxides: Oxides, peroxides, superoxides, suboxides and ozonides, Hydroxides. Salts of oxoacids:
carbonates and hydrogencarbonates. Aqueous solution chemistry including macrocyclic complexes:
Hydrated ions, Complex ions. Non-aqueous coordination chemistry.
3.
The group 2 metals. ( 3 Lectures )
Introduction. Occurrence, extraction and uses: Occurrence, Extraction, Major uses of the group 2
metals and their compounds. Physical properties: General properties, Flame test, Radioactive isotopes.
The metals: Appearance, Reactivity. Halides: Beryllium halides, Halides of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba. Oxides
and hydroxides: Oxides and peroxides, Hydroxides. Salts of oxoacids. Complex ions in aqueous
solution: Aqua species of beryllium, Aqua species of Mg2+, Ca2+, Sr2+ and Ba2+, Complexes with ligands
other than water. Complexes with amido or alkoxy ligands. Diagonal relationships between Li and
Mg, and between Be and Al: Lithium and magnesium, beryllium and aluminum.
4.
The group 13 elements ( 5 Lectures )
Introduction. Occurrence, extraction and uses: Occurrence, Extraction, Major uses of the group 13
elements and their compounds. Physical properties: Electronic configuration and oxidation states, NMR
active nuclei. The elements: Appearance, Structures of elements, Reactivity. Simple hydrides: Neutral
hydrides, The [MH4] ions. Halides and complex halides: Boron halides: BX3 and B2X4, Al(III), Ga(III),
In(III) and Tl(III) halides and their complexes, Lower oxidation state Al, Ga, In and Tl halides. Oxides,
oxoacids, oxoanions and hydroxides: Boron oxides, oxoacids and oxoanions, Aluminium oxides,
oxoacids, oxoanions and hydroxides, Oxides of Ga, In and Tl. Compounds containing nitrogen:
Nitrides, Ternary boron nitrides, Molecular species containing B-N or B-P bonds, Molecular species
containing group 13 metal-nitrogen bonds. Aluminium to thallium: salts of oxoacids, aqueous solution
chemistry and complexes: Aluminium sulfate and alums, Aqua ions, Redox reactions in aqueous
solution, Coordination complexes of the M3+ ions. Metal borides. Electron-dificient borane and
carbaborane clusters: an introduction.
5.
The group 14 elements ( 8 Lectures )
Introduction. Occurrence, extraction and uses: Occurrence, Extraction and manufacture, Uses.
Physical properties: Ionization energies and cation formation, Some energetic and bonding consideration,
NMR active nuclei, Mossbauer spectroscopy. Allotropes of carbon: Graphite and diamond: structure and
properties, Graphite: intercalation compounds, Fullerences: synthesis and structure, Fullerences: reactivity,
Carbon nanotubes. Structural and chemical properties of silicon, germanium, tin and lead: Structures,
Chemical properties. Hydrides: Binary hydrides, Halohydrides of silicon and germanium. Carbides,
silicides, germides, stannides and plumbides: Carbides, Silicides, Germides, stannides and plumbides.
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Halides and complex halides: Carbon halides, Silicon halides, Halides of germanium, tin and lead.
Oxides, oxoacids and hydroxides: oxides and oxoacids of carbon, Silica, silicates and aluminosilicates,
Oxides, hydroxides and oxoacids of germanium, tin and lead. Silicones. Sulfides. Cyanogen, silicon
nitride and tin nitride: Cyanogen and its derivatives, Silicon nitride, Tine(IV) nitride. Aqueous solution
chemistry and salts of oxoacids of germanium, tin and lead.
6.
The group 15 elements ( 7 Lectures )
Introduction. Occurrence, extraction and uses. Physical properties: Bonding considerations, NMR
active nuclei, Radioactive isotopes. The elements: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Arsenic, antimony and bismuth.
Hydrides: Trihydrides, EH3 (E=N, P, As, Sb and Bi), Hydrides: E2H4 (E=N, P, As), Chloramine and
hydroxylamine, Hydrogen azide and azide salts. Nitrides, phosphides, arsenides, antimonides and
bismuthides: Nitrides, phosphides, arsenides, antimonides and bismuthides. Halides, oxohalides and
complex halides: Nitrogen halides, Oxofluorides and oxochlorides of nitrogen, Phosphoryl trichloride,
POCl3, Arsenic and antimony halides, Bismuth halides. Oxides of nitrogen: Dinitrogen monoxide, N2O,
Nitrogen monoxide, NO, Dinitrogen trioxide, N2O3, Dinitrogen tetraozide, N2O4, and nitrogen dioxide,
NO2, Dinitrogen pentaoxide, N2O5. Oxides of phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth: Oxides of
phosphorus, Oxides of arsenic, antimony and bismuth. Oxoacids of arsenic, antimony and bismuth.
Phosphazenes. Sulfides and selenides: Sulfides and selenides of phosphorus, Arsenic, antimony and
bismuth sulfides. Aqueous solution chemistry and complexes.
7.
The group 17elements ( 4 Lectures )
Introduction: Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, Astatine. Occurrence, extraction and uses:
Occurrence, Extraction, Uses. Physical Properties and bonding considerations: NMR active nuclei and
isotopes as traces. The elements: Difluorine, dichlorine, dibromine and diodine, Charge transfer
complexes, Clathrates. Hydrogen halides. Metal halides: structures and energetics. Interhalogen
compounds and polyhalogen ions: Interhalogen compounds, Bonding in [XY2]- ions, Polyhalogen
cations, Polyhalide anions. Oxides and oxofluorides of chlorine, bromine and iodine: Oxides,
Oxofluorides. Oxoacids and their salts: Hypofluorous acid, HOF, Oxoacids of chlorine, bromine and
iodine. Aqueous solution chemistry.
8.
Some aspects of solid state chemistry ( 3 Lectures )
Introduction. Defects in solid state lattices: Types of defect: stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric
compounds, Colour centres (F-centres), Thermodynamic effects of crystal defects. Electrical conductivity
in ionic solids: Sodium and lithium ion conductors, d-block metal (II) oxides. Superconductivity:
Superconductors: early examples and basic theory, High-temperature superconductors, Superconducting
properties of MgB2, Applications of superconductors. Ceramic materials: colour pigments: White
pigments (opacifiers), Adding color. Chemical vapour deposition (CVD): High-purity silicon for
semiconductors, -Boron nitride, Silicon nitride and carbide, III-V Semiconductors, Metal deposition,
Ceramic coatings, Perovskites and cuprate superconductors. Inorganic fibers: Boron fibers, Carbon
fibers, Silicon carbide fibers, Alumina fibers. Carbon nanotubes.
9.
The trace metals of life ( 5 Lectures ):-Introduction: Amino acids, peptides and proteins: some
terminology. Metal storage and transport: Fe, Cu, Zn and V: Iron storage and transport,
Metallothioneins: transporting some toxic metals. Dealing with O2: Haemoglobin and myoglobin,
Haemocyanin, Haemerythrin, Cytochromes P-450. Biological redox processes: Blue copper proteins, The
mitochondrial electron-transfer chain, Iron-sulfur proteins, Cytochromes. The Zn2+ ion: Nature’s Lewis
acid: Carbonic anhydrase II, Carboxypeptidase A, Carboxypeptidase G2, Cobalt-for zinc ion substitution.
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Office Hours: 8:00- 9:00 Su & Tu, 3:30- 4:30 M
First Exam: Su 30/10/11
Second Exam: Tu 13/12/11