Prerequisites: CHM441(forInt.MScStudents) CHM345(NewARCforMS/BSstudents)
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Course Contents
- Symmetry, point groups, character tables, concepts of orbital symmetries for d-orbital splitting diagrams in different stereochemistry (5)
 - Synthesis and structure of mononuclear and multinuclear transition metal complexes (2)
 - Theories of bonding. Crystal-field and Molecular orbital, effects of ligand-field (spectrochemical series, consequences of d-orbital splitting) (6)
 - Spectroscopy of transition-metal complexes: Russell-Saunders coupling scheme, Term Symbols (6)
 - Magnetism of transition-metal complexes: Curie law, para-, ferro, anti-ferro and ferri-magnetic systems. (4)
 - Reaction mechanism of transition metal complexes and electron-transfer reactions (5)
 - Introduction of bio-inorganic chemistry: heme, non-heme, Fe-S proteins (5)
 - New trends of research: supramolecular chemistry, metal-organic frameworks, gas-storage,
 - nanochemistry, the renaissance of carbon (6)
 - Transition metal-based inorganic materials (magnetic, optical and biomaterials) (3)
 
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Books and References
- Huheey, J. E.; Keiter, K. E.; Keiter, R. L., Inorganic Chemistry-Principles of Structure and Reactivity: 4th Edn, Pearson Education, 2008.
 - Shriver. D. F.; Atkins. P. W.; Langford, C. G., Inorganic Chemistry. 3rd Edn., Oxford University, Oxford, 1999.
 - Cotton, F. A.; Murillo, C. A.; and Bochmann, M., Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Edn., Wiley Interscience, 2001.
 - Cotton, F. A., Chemical Applications of Group Theory 3rd ed., John Wiley and Sons, 2003
 - Carter, R. L., Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory, John Wiley and Sons, 3rd Edn.,1998
 - Kahn, O., Molecular Magnetism, VCH, Weinheim, 1993
 - Lehn, J. M., Supramolecular Chemistry: Concepts and Perspectives, VCH, Weinheim, 1995
 - Berg, J. M.; Lippard, S. J., Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry, University Science Books, CA, 1995.