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Valid for year : 2008
 
NKEC17 Coordination Chemistry, 6 ECTS credits.
/Komplexkemi/

For:   Kem  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 38
Rec. self-study hours: 122

  Area of Education: Science

Subject area: Chemistry
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

Aim:
The aim of the course is to develop a deeper understanding of chemistry of the d-elements experimentally and theoretically. After passing the course the student is expected to have gained the following competences:
  • knowledge of the relationships between coordination geometry and physical properties
  • knowledge of how structure, symmetry, electronic state and bonding in coordination compounds can be described by elementary group theory and molecular orbital theory
  • knowledge of the importance of the coordination geometry in selected biochemical systems, materials science, and catalysis
  • knowledge of synthesis methods for coordination compounds


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Inorganic chemistry, Physical Chemistry,, Mathematics and Statistics

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
The course consists of lectures, lessons and laboratory exercises. The laboratory works are performed as projects to be presented at a seminar in the end of the course.
Course contents:
Description of the properties and geometries of the d-block elements by means of Ligand (Crystal) Field Theory. The spectrochemical series. Jahn-Teller effect. The structure and function of selected bio-inorganic complexes. The symmetry concept and its use in (elementary) group theory for the description of bonding and spectroscopic properties of complexes. Molecular orbital theory for homo- and hetero-nuclear, two-atomic and linear molecules. Organometallic complexes: synthesis, the 18 electron rule, the structure and properties of carbonyl containing complexes.
In the laboratory course the synthesis and characterisation of inorganic and organometallic complexes are performed. Protein separation by Immobilised Metal Ion Affinity Chromatography (IMAC). The course is partly carried out in project form to be presented at a seminar in the end of the course.

Course literature:
To be determined
Examination:
Written examination
Laboratory work with tests
 4,5 ECTS
1,5 ECTS
 


Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Stefan Svensson
Examiner: Per-Olov Käll

Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 04/29/2008