INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

Claudio PELLECCHIA INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2025/2026

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 3
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
540LESSONS
112EXERCISES
Objectives
THE TEACHING, MADE OF THEORETICAL LECTURES AND EXERCITATIONS, IS A COMPLETION OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

THE MAIN ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE WILL BE:
• FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSITION ELEMENTS
• STRUCTURE, BONDING THEORY AND FEATURES OF MAIN CLASSES OF COORDINATION AND ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS.

THE MAIN ACQUIRED CAPABILITIES WILL BE:
• TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS
Prerequisites
THE STUDENT MUST HAVE PASSED THE EXAMS OF GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1.
Contents
WERNER COMPLEXES. COORDINATION NUMBER AND GEOMETRY. VALENCE BOND THEORY. CRYSTAL FIELD THEORY. MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY. (10 H)

CLASSICAL LIGANDS, PI-BASIC AND PI-ACID LIGANDS. (4 H)

ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY. (10 H)

REACTIVITY OF COMPLEXES AND EXAMPLES OF HOMOGENEOUS CATALYSTS. (4 H)

GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS. MAIN COMPOUNDS AND COMPLEXES OF ELEMENTS OF THE FIRST ROW. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF SECOND AND THIRD ROWS TRANSITION ELEMENTS, LANTHANIDES AND ACTINIDES. (12 H)

EXCERCISES (12 H)
Teaching Methods
THE TEACHING INCLUDES LECTURES (40 HOURS) AND PRACTICAL EXCERCISES (12 HOURS).
Verification of learning
THE EXAM CONSISTS OF AN ORAL EXAM ON THE COURSE TOPICS. THE GRADE OF THE ORAL EXAM WILL BE COMMENSURATE WITH THE STUDENT'S ABILITY TO CORRECTLY AND CRITICALLY PRESENT THE EXAM TOPICS, AND WITH THE RIGOR OF THE SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE USED.

DURING THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE TWO INTERMEDIATE EXAMS (NOT MANDATORY), THE EVALUATION OF WHICH WILL BE BASED ON THE SAME ELEMENTS INDICATED ABOVE, AND PASSING WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO 50% OF THE OVERALL GRADE.
Texts
HUEHEY, KEITER, KEITER; CHIMICA INORGANICA, ED. PICCIN.
COTTON, WILKINSON; CHIMICA INORGANICA, ED. AMBROSIANA.
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