Download 2015/2016

Faculty of Science
Department of
chemistry
Special Topics in Inorganic
chemistry
‫مواضيع خاصة في الكيمياء الغير‬
‫عضوية‬
Time of lectures:
Instructor:
2015/2016
Prerequisite (s):
Office hours:
Semester: 1st
Lecture room (s) :
Text books & References:
C. E. Housecroft and A. G. Sharpe, “Inorganic Chemistry”, 2nd ed.,
Text Book
Pearson Prentice Hall, London, 2005.
D. F. Shriver and P. W. Atkins, “Inorganic Chemistry”, 3rd ed., Oxford
Press, Oxford, 1999.
Other
B. E. Douglas; D. H. McDaniel and J. J. Alexander, “Concepts and
References Models of Inorganic Chemistry”, 3rd ed., Wiley, New York 1994.
G. O. Spessard, “Organometallic Chemistry”, Paramount, London 1998.
Course Description:
Course outline:
Week
Topic detailes
1.
Organometallic Compounds of s- and p-block elements (12 Lectures)
2.
Introduction; Group 1: alkali metal organometallics; Group 2 organometallics:
Beryllium, Magnesium, Calcium, strontium and barium; Group 13: Boron,
Aluminium, Gallium, indium and thallium; Group 14: Silicon, Germanium, Tin,
Lead, Coparallel and tilted C5-rings in group 14 metallocenes; Group 15: Bonding
aspects and E=E bond formation, Arsenic, antimony and bismuth;Group 16:
Selenium and tellurium
Organometallic compounds of d-block elements (15 Lectures)
ntroduction: Hapticity of a ligand; Common types of ligand: bonding and spectroscopy;
The 18-electron rule; Metal carbonyls: synthesis, physical properties and structure; The
isolobal principle and application of Wade’s rules; Total valence electron counts in dblock organometallic clusters; Types of organometallic reaction; Metal carbonyls:
selected reactions; Metal carbonyl hydrides and halides; Alkyl, aryl, alkene and alkyne
complexes; Allyl and buta-1,3-diene complexes; Carbene and carbine complexes;
Complexes containing 5-cyclopentadienyl ligands; Complexes containing 6 and 7ligands; Complexes containing the 4 –cyclobutadiene ligand.
3.
The f-block metals: lanthanoids and actinoids (5 Lectures)
Introduction; f-Orbitals and oxidation states; Atom and ion sizes; Organometallic
complexes of the lanthanoids; Organometallic complexes of thorium and uranium
4.
Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis (10 Lectures)
Introduction and definitions; Catalysis: introductory concepts; Homogeneous catalysis:
alkene (olefin) metathesis; Homogeneous catalysis: industrial applications;
Homogeneous catalyst development; Heterogeneous catalysis: surfaces and
interactions with adsorbates; Heterogeneous catalysis: commercial applications;
Heterogeneous catalysis: organometallic cluster models.
Attendance Policies:
 Be Punctual.
 Attendance is mandatory. Students are not allowed to miss more than 15% of the
lectures, without acceptable real cause.
 If a student misses more that 15 % of the course lectures, she/he will forfeit the course
credits. After this, medical reports may be submitted for evaluation, for a total absence
of no more than 20%. If student misses more than 20% of lectures, regardless of the
cause, the course will be failed.
Grading system:
Assessment
First Exam
Second Exam
Activities and Evaluation
Final Examination
Total
Grade
25%
25%
10%
40%
100%