B.Sc. Chemistry
5th Semester Syllabus
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MJC-8 (T) : Inorganic Chemistry: Coordination Chemistry
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Unit 1: Introduction
◦Molecular or addition compounds
◦Double salts and coordination compounds
◦Coordination sphere
◦Coordination number (C.N)
◦Oxidation state (O.S.) of the central metal atom/ion
◦Ligands and their classification
◦Chelating ligands
◦Chelates and their stability
◦Werner's theory of coordination compounds
◦Limitations of Werner's theory
◦Effective atomic number (EAN) rule
◦Nomenclature of coordination compounds
◦Isomerism in coordination compounds
Unit 2: Valence bond theory
◦Valence bond theory of complex compounds, different octahedral, square planar and tetrahedral complexes of Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu and Zn, strength of ligands and stability of complexes, outer and inner orbital complexes
◦Limitations of valence bond theory (VBT)
Unit 3: Crystal field theory
◦Crystal field theory
◦Crystal field splitting of d-orbitals in octahedral
◦Tetrahedral
◦Tetragonal and square-planar complexes
◦HS and LS complexes
◦Factors affecting the crystal field splitting energy
◦Spectrochemical series
◦Magnetic properties of complexes
◦Colour of the complexes
◦Crystal field stabilization energy (CFSE) and its calculation
◦Variation of octahedral ionic radii
◦Crystal structure of spinels
Unit 4: Magnetic properties of transition metal complexes
◦Types of magnetic behaviour
◦Methods of determination of magnetic susceptibility
◦L-S coupling
◦Correlation of the magnetic moment (spin only formula) and effective magnetic moment values
◦Quenching of orbital contribution to magnetic moment
◦Applications of magnetic moment data for 3d series
Reference Books:
- Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry- Malik, Madan and Tuli
- Chemistry for degree students- R. L. Madan
- Inorganic Chemistry- Gary L. Miessler and Donald A.Tarr
- Advanced Inorganic chemistry- F.A. Coton and Wilkinson
- Concise Inorganic Chemistry- J.D.Lee
- Inorganic Chemistry- P.W.Atkins
- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry- Kalia, Puri and Sharma