Curriculum
(Theory) Inorganic Chemistry Code;09010607
| S.No. | Topic | Learning objectives | Teaching Guidlines | Methodology | Time (Hrs) |
| 1 | Organometallic Chemistry:
1. Definition, nomenclature and classification of organometallic compounds. 2. Preparation, properties, and bonding of alkyls of Li,Al, Hg, and Sn 3. Brief account of metal- ethylenic complexes, mononuclear carbonyls and the nature of bonding in metal carbonyls. |
Students will be able to
1. Recognize organometallic ligands and compounds 2. understand and explain carbonyl compounds |
To cover the nomenclature and classification of different organomettalic compounds with suitable examples, Preparation, properties, and bonding of alkyls of Li,Al, Hg, and Sn, nature of bonding in carbonyls.
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1. Lecture
2. Seminar 3.Discussion with students 4. Assignment 5.discussion on assignment 6.Evaluation of assignment |
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| 2. | Acids and Bases, HSAB Concept
1. Arrhenius, Bronsted–Lowry, the Lux– Flood, Solvent system 2. Lewis concepts of acids & bases, relative strength of acids & bases, 3. Concept of Hard and Soft Acids & Bases. 4. Symbiosis, electronegativity and hardness and softness. |
Students will be able 1. To understand the various concepts of acids and basis
2. To distinguish between the hard and soft acids and bases
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To cover the definition of acids and bases on the different theories,
Factors affecting the acidity and basicity, strong and weak acids and bases. |
1. Lecture
2. Seminar 3.Discussion with students 4. Assignment 5.discussion on assignment 6.Evaluation of assignment
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| 3. | Silicones and Phosphazenes
Silicones and phosphazenes, their preparation, properties, structure and uses. |
Students will be able to draw the structures of silicones and phosphazenes and explain their properties | To describe the bonding, nomenclature, preparation, properties of silicones and phosphazenes with suitable examples. | 1. Lecture
2. Seminar 3.Discussion with students 4. Assignment 5.discussion on assignment 6.Evaluation of assignment
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5 |
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Bioinorganic Chemistry
1. Essential and trace elements in biological processes, 2. Metalloporphyrins with special reference to haemoglobin and myoglobin. 3. Biological role of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions with special reference to Ca2+. Nitrogen fixation. |
Students will be able to understand the role of elements in biosystem and their structure | To cover the abundance and occurrence of different trace elemts, complexes formed by alkali and alkaline earth metals and their role and importance in biosystem. | 1. Lecture
2. Seminar 3.Discussion with students 4. Assignment 5.discussion on assignment 6.Evaluation of assignment
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