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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

Assunta D'Amato INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

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DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY "ADOLFO ZAMBELLI"
EQF6
CHEMISTRY
2022/2023

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
864LESSONS
112EXERCISES
336LAB
CHIARA COSTABILE T Curriculum
MINA MAZZEO Curriculum
ASSUNTA D'AMATO Curriculum
Objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
THE AIM IS TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENT TO THE SYSTEMATIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE MAIN GROUPS ELEMENTS AND RELATED COMPOUNDS WITH REFERENCE TO THE PERIODIC PROPERTIES. SOME REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES OF SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES ON INDUSTRIAL SCALE OF WIDELY USED INORGANIC COMPOUNDS WILL BE GIVEN AS WELL AS THEIR APPLICATIONS IN EVERY-DAY LIFE
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
AT THE END OF THIS CLASS THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE BASICAL INORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND WILL HAVE THE BASICAL KNOWLEDGE FOR THE COMPREHENSION FOR MORE ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY CLASSES.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
STUDENTS ARE STIMULATED TO LEARN IN A DISCRIMINATING WAY EVERYTHING IS PRESENTED DURING THE LESSON THROUGH GROUP EXERCISES, QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON EACH ARGUMENT.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
STUDENTS ARE STIMULATED TO IMPROVE THEIR WRITTEN COMUNICATION SKILLS, THROUGH LABORATORY REPORTS AT THE AND OF EACH EXERCISES, AND THEIR ORAL COMUNICATION SKILLS IN PROSPECT OF THE FINAL ORAL EXAM

LEARNING SKILLS:
THIS CLASS IS BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GENERAL CHEMISTRY AND AIM TO GIVE KNOWLEDGE ON INORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF MAIN CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS. THE COMPREHENSION OF ITS TOPICS IS FACILITATED BY CLASS AND LABORATORY EXECISES.
Prerequisites
PREREQUISITES: GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY.

IN ORDER TO ATTEND LABORATORY CLASSES, TO OVERTAKE GENERAL AND INORGANIC CHEMISTRY EXAM IS MADATORY.
Contents
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. 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)PREPARATION OF IRON OXIDES (4 HOURS).
2)ALKALI METAL REACTIVITY (4 HOURS).
3)SYNTHESIS OF NA2CO3 (4 HOURS).
4)ALKALINE EARTH METAL OXALATES PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS (10 HOURS).
5)SYNTHESIS OF AL(ACAC)3 (4 HOURS).
6)OXIDATION STATES OF MANGANESE (4 HOURS).
7) VISIT OF THE MINERALOGICAL MUSEUM OF NAPOLI (6 HOURS).
Teaching Methods
112 HOURS OF LESSONS, EXERCISES AND LABORATORY ARE SPLIT AS FOLLOWS:
LESSONS (8 CFU, 64 HOURS).
EXERCISES (1 CFU, 12 HOURS).
LABORATORY (3 CFU, 36 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. D. LEE “CONCISE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY “ ED. WILEY-BLACKWELL.
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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