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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

Mina MAZZEO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2024/2025

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2023
SPRING SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
864LESSONS
224EXERCISES
224LAB
CHIARA COSTABILE T Curriculum
MINA MAZZEO Curriculum
ExamDate
CHIMICA INORGANICA I29/01/2025 - 09:00
CHIMICA INORGANICA I29/01/2025 - 09:00
CHIMICA INORGANICA I18/02/2025 - 09:00
CHIMICA INORGANICA I18/02/2025 - 09:00
Objectives
GENERAL OBJECTIVE:
THE COURSE HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF PROVIDING KNOWLEDGE RELATING TO THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN GROUPS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE AND OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INORGANIC COMPOUNDS THAT THEY FORM, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PERIODIC PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE CHEMICAL BONDING IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED .

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT
- WILL KNOW THE SYSTEMATICS OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE MAIN GROUPS AND THE THEORIES OF BONDING
-WILL KNOW SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PREPARATION METHODS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
-WILL KNOW SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF WIDELY USED INORGANIC COMPOUNDS.

ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT
-WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THE ESSENTIAL INFORMATION FOR UNDERSTANDING HIGHER AND MORE SPECIALIST COURSES IN THE FIELD OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
- WILL BE ABLE TO RATIONALIZE THE PROPERTIES OF AN ELEMENT OR COMPOUND
- WILL BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH BASIC INORGANIC SYNTHESIS.
- WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT A SYNTHESIS ACTIVITY CARRIED OUT IN THE LABORATORY

INDEPENDENT JUDGMENTS:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
-MAKE PREDICTIONS ON THE BEHAVIOR OF A COMPOUND BELONGING TO ONE OF THE MAIN CLASSES OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS.
- PREDICT THE SYMMETRY GROUP OF A MOLECULE.
-USE THE GLASSWARE AND BASIC TOOLS PRESENT IN A CHEMICAL LABORATORY (SCALES, PIPETTES, FUNNELS, SYRINGES, ETC..)


COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
-EXPOSE CONCEPTS IN SCIENTIFIC LANGUAGE
-USE TELEMATIC PLATFORMS (TEAMS).

LEARNING ABILITY:
AT THE END OF THE COURSE THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO
- UNDERSTAND AND INTERPRET COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC TEXTS IN ITALIAN
- UNDERSTAND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE TEXTS IN ENGLISH RELATIVE TO EDUCATIONAL ARTICLES (E.G. J. OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION)
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES: GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

IN ORDER TO ATTEND LABORATORY CLASSES, TO OVERTAKE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXAM IS MANDATORY.
Contents
REFERENCES TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE ATOM (5 HOURS)
-BIRTH OF QUANTUM MECHANICS AND BOHR ATOM.
-SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION AND WAVE FUNCTION FOR HYDROGEN, ONE ELECTRON IONS AND POLYELECTRONIC ATOMS.
-SLATER RULES AND PERIODIC PROPERTIES.

IONIC COMPOUNDS (7 HOURS)
-PROPERTIES, LATTICE ENERGY AND BORN-HABER CYCLE
-USES OF BORN-HABER-TYPE CALCULATIONS
-IONIC RADIUS, EFFICIENCY OF PACKING, OCTAHEDRAL AND TETRAHEDRAL HOLE DIMENSIONS.
-IONIC CRYSTAL DENSITY CALCULATION. CALCULATION OF CUBIC HOLE DIMENSION.
-IMPERFECTIONS IN IONIC CRYSTALS.
-FAJANS RULES.

THE COVALENT BOND (7 HOURS)
-VALENCE BOND THEORY
-MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY
-MOLECULAR ORBITAL ENERGY LEVELS FOR DIATOMIC HOMO AND HETERO-NUCLEAR MOLECULES.
-MOLECULAR ORBITAL ENERGY LEVELS FOR TRIATOMIC MOLECULES.
-ELECTRONEGATIVITY

THE METAL BOND (2 HOURS)
-METAL PROPERTIES.
-SOLID METALS: STRUCTURE AND PACKING.
-BAND THEORY. CONDUCTORS, SEMICONDUCTORS AND INSULATORS.
-THE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY.

INTRODUCTION TO SYMMETRY (6 HOURS)
-SYMMETRY ELEMENTS AND SYMMETRY OPERATIONS.
-POINT GROUPS.
-MOLECULAR SYMMETRY.

THE STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY OF MOLECULES (4 HOURS)
-LEWIS GEOMETRY.
-VSEPR RULES.
-BENT RULE
-PREDICTION OF GEOMETRY THROUGH MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY.
-INFLUENCE OF ELECTRONEGATIVITY AND OF COVALENT BOND STRENGHT ON THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE.

ACID-BASE CHEMISTRY (2 HOURS)
-ACID-BASE CONCEPTS
-ACID-BASE BEHAVIOUR OF OXIDES, OXYACIDS AND AMINES.
-HARD-SOFT THEORY

CHEMICAL FORCES (3 HOURS)
NON-BONDING CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL BEHAVIOUR OF SUBSTANCES.


STANDARD REDUCTION POTENTIALS AND THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SERIES (4H). EQUATION OF NERST. LATIMER, FROST DIAGRAMS. METHODS FOR THE CHEMICAL EXTRACTION OF THE ELEMENTS. (4 HOURS).
HYDROGEN. PRODUCTION METHODS AND REACTIVITY. MOLECULAR, SALINE AND METALLIC COMPOUNDS OF HYDROGEN. (4 HOURS).

ALKALINE METALS: PROPERTY , BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS. PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF LITHIUM (4 HOURS).

THE CHLORINE INDUSTRY. (2 HOURS).

THE ALKALINE EARTH METALS: PROPERTY , BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS.THE MAIN BINARY COMPOUNDS. PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF BERILLIIUM (4 HOURS).

THE ELEMENTS OF GROUPS 12: PROPERTY, BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS.
GROUP 13 ELEMENTS: PROPERTY, BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS.ALUMINUM PREPARATION. USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE MAIN COMPOUNDS. THE MAIN BINARY COMPOUNDS (4 HOURS).

GROUP 14 ELEMENTS: PROPERTY, BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS. CARBON ALLOTROPES. PREPARATION AND PROPERTY OF THE ELEMENTS. THE MAIN BINARY COMPOUNDS. (4 HOURS)

GROUP 15 ELEMENTS: PROPERTY, BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION
METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS.THE NITROGEN CYCLE. THE PHOSPHORUS ALLOTROPES. USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE MAIN COMPOUNDS. PRODUCTIONS OF THE AMMONIA AND OF NITRIC ACID (6 HOURS)

GROUP 16 ELEMENTS: PROPERTY, BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS. INDUSTRIAL PREPARATION OF SULFURIC ACID. (4 HOURS).

GROUP 17 ELEMENTS: PROPERTY, BEHAVIOUR, PRODUCTION METHODS AND USE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THEIR MAIN COMPOUNDS. NOTES TO THE CHEMISTRY OF NOBLE GASES. (4 HOURS)


LABORATORY:

1)ALKALI METAL REACTIVITY (4 HOURS).
2)SYNTHESIS OF NA2CO3 (4 HOURS).
3)ALKALINE EARTH METAL OXALATES PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS (8 HOURS).
4)SYNTHESIS OF AL(ACAC)3 (4 HOURS).
5) VISIT OF THE MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM OF NAPOLI (4 HOURS).
Teaching Methods
112 HOURS OF LESSONS, EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ARE SPLIT AS FOLLOWS:
LESSONS (8 CFU, 64 HOURS).
EXERCISES (2 CFU, 24 HOURS).
LABORATORY (2 CFU, 24 HOURS).

TO ATTEND THEORETICAL LESSONS IS NOT MANDATORY BUT STRONGLY SUGGESTED.
TO ATTEND LABORATORY IS MANDATORY. IT IS POSSIBLE TO AFFORD THE EXAM ONLY IF THE STUDENT ATTENDS 75% OF LABORATORY HOURS. THE PRESENCE OF STUDENTS IN LAB IS CONFIRMED BY ROLL CALL MADE BY THE PROFESSOR.

Verification of learning
THE EXAM AIMS TO EVALUATED THE KNOWLEDGE DEGREE OF THE STUDENT ABOUT THE CHEMICAL BOND THEORY, INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS, PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITY OF MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS, AND OF THE FUNDAMENTAL INORGANIC SYNTHESIS.
ACHIEVING THE OBJECTIVES OF LEARNING IS VERIFIED BY EXAMINATION WITH AN EVALUATION IN THIRTIETH. THE EXAMINATION PROVIDES TEST DURING THE COURSE AND ORAL TEST.

AS REGARDS THE TESTS, EVERY TEST IS EVALUATED IN THIRTIETH AND IS PASSED UPON THE MINIMUM VOTE OF 18/30. THE FINAL VOTE IS PROVIDED BY THE MEDIUM OF THE VOTES REPORTED IN ANY TEST. IF THE STUDENT PASSES THE TEST, THE STUDENT DOES NOT HAVE TO ATTEND THE ORAL TEST.
THE ORAL TEST IS A DISCUSSION ON THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS OF THE LEARNING PROGRAM AND IS FINALIZED TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY OF COMPREHENSION REACHED BY THE STUDENT.

AS FOR THE FINAL EVALUATION, FOLLOWING POINTS WILL BE CONSIDERED:
- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING DEGREE OF THE CLASS TOPICS.
- WRITTEN OR ORAL CLARITY SKILLS
- DEDUCTIVE REASONING AND THINKING SKILLS

MINIMUM SCORE (18/30) WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WITH SUPERFICIAL KNOWLEDGE AND LIMITED COMPREHENSION OF TOPICS AS WELL AS SUFFICIENT CLARITY SKILLS.

MAXIMUM SCORE (30/30) WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WITH DEEP KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION OF TOPICS AS WELL AS RIGOROUS CLARITY SKILLS AND GOOD DEDUCTIVE REASONING AND THINKING SKILLS

SCORE OF 30/30 CUM LAUDE WILL BE ATTRIBUTED TO STUDENTS WITH EXCELLENT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION OF TOPICS AS WELL AS EXCELLENT CLARITY SKILLS AND DEDUCTIVE REASONING AND THINKING SKILLS.
Texts
J.E. HUHEEY “INORGANIC CHEMISTRY” ED. HARPER COLLINS.
F.A. COTTON, J. WILKINSON “INORGANIC CHEMISTRY” V ED- WILEY-INTERSCIENCE.
P. W. ATKINS, T. OVERTON, J. ROURKE, M. WELLER, F. ARMSTRONG “INORGANIC CHEMISTRY” ED. ZANICHELLI
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