CHM242A

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Prerequisites: CHM102A

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Basic Concepts:

Molecular symmetry, point groups and character tables
Bonding models
Chemical forces
Acids and Bases Main Group Chemistry
Chemistry of selective main group elements and their compounds Transition Metal Chemistry
Types of legends, Structure and isomerism of transition metal complexes, Bonding in transition metal complexes Valence Bond, Crystal Field and Molecular Orbital theories, effects of orbital splitting
Organo-metallic compounds: EAN rule, metal carbonyls, metal olefins, reactions of organo-metallic compounds
Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis Lanthanide Chemistry
Chemistry of block elements: special features, lanthanide contraction, co-ordination number, structure and reactions.

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Shriver, D. F.; Atkins, P. W. and Langford, C. G. Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd Edn., Oxford University, Oxford, 1999.
2. Jolly, W. L.: Modern Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edn., 1991.
3. Cotton, F. A. Chemical Applications of Group Theory, 3rd Edn., John Wiley and Sons, 2003.
4. Cotton, F. A.; Wilkinson, G., Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd Edn., John Wiley and Sons 1998.
5. Cotton, F.A.; Carlos, A. M,; and Bochmann, M. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Edn. Wiley Interscience Publication, 2001.