Learning objectives
Inorganic Chemistry and in particular the properties of the elements and their most representative compounds
Prerequisites
Kwowledge obtained attending the course of General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry during the first year of the Laurea in Chimica course
Course unit content
The periodic system and the chemical properties of the elements; elements of the s and p blocks; introduction to the chemistry of coordination compounds.
Full programme
Origin of the elements; elements on earth; inorganic systems; nomenclature of inorganic chemistry; elements of blck s and p and their most representative and useful compounds. Metals of block d and f. Coordination compounds of block d metals; crystal field and ligand field theory; steroechemistry of coordination compouds; types of ligands and spectrochemical series.
Bibliography
Main book:
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Weller, Overton, Rourke, Armstrong) 7th edition, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
italian edition:
La Chimica Inorganica di Atkins (Weller, Overton, Rourke, Armstrong) 3a edizione, ZANICHELLI
Supplementary book:
CHIMICA INORGANICA DESCRITTIVA (Rayner-Caham, Overton) EdiSES
Available in the library:
ARROW PUSHING IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Ghosh, Berg) WILEY
Teaching methods
48 hours of frontal lessons
Assessment methods and criteria
oral exam.
Other information
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