DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT
GUJRAT, PAKISTAN
Course Code: CHEM-403 Course Title: Inorganic Chemistry-VI
Year: 2023-24 Semester: Fall-2023
Instructor’s Name: Dr. Sajjad Hussain Sumrra Office (Room No): BS-12,
Tenured Associate Professor, UOG H.H Campus, UOG
E-mail:
[email protected] Office Hours: 8:30 to 4:30
Course Description Electronic States of transition metal complexes, Russel-Sander's coupling
scheme, derivation of term symbols for d1-d10 systems, d-d transitions,
connecting atomic states and molecular states, correlation diagrams,
Tanabe - Sugano diagrams, calculation of 10Dq values, High- spin and
low-spin molecules, Jahn-Teller effect, applications of subgroups,
selection rules for electronic transitions in molecules, LMCT
and MLCT transitions, some examples involving different geometries.
Course Type: Elective Course
(Compulsory/Core/
Elective)
Pre-requisites Students must have knowledge of coordination chemistry and its use in
various fields.
Goals Students will acquire understanding about various types of transitions
(e.g. d-d transition, charge transfer) occurring in transition metal
compounds and to characterize new compounds by application of
electronic spectroscopy.
Text Books 1. Yarwood, J., Bazin, P., and Douthwaite, R., Spectroscopic Properties
of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds, Volume 42, The Royal
Society of Chemistry, UK, (2011).
2. Lever, A. B. P., Inorganic Electronic Spectroscopy, 2nd ed., Elsevier,
UK, (1984).
3. Brisdon, A. K., Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods, Oxford University
Press, UK, (1998).
4. Solomon, E.I., Inorganic Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy:
Methodology, Volume 2, Wiley, New York, (1999).
Additional Readings 1. Huheey, J. E., Keiter, E. A. and Keiter, R. L., “Inorganic Chemistry:
th
Principles of Structure and Reactivity”, 4 Ed., Harper and Row, New
York, 2001.
2. Basalo, F., Johnson, R.C., Coordination Chemistry “The Chemistry of
Metal Complexes”, W. A. Benjamin, Inc., 1964.
Lectures 32 Sessions of 90 Minutes each
Attendance Policy A minimum of 70% attendance is required for a student to be eligible
to take the final examination.
The students with less than 70% of the attendance in a course shall be
given the grade SA (Short Attendance) in such a course and shall not be
allowed to take its End Term Exams and will have to reappear in the
course to get the required attendance to be eligible to sit in the exam
when the course is offered the next time.
Grading The course will be evaluated on the basis of the following percentage:
• Marks of Mid Examination = 25
• Marks of Final Examination = 50
• Assignment Mark = 10
• Presentation Marks = 05
• Quiz Marks = 10
Total Marks=100
Quizzes, ▪ Midterm 9th week of semester
Assignments and ▪ 1st Quiz and Assignment 4th week of semester
Presentation ▪ 2nd Quiz and Assignment 12th week of semester
Schedule (tentative) ▪ Presentations starts from 11th week of semester
UNIVERSITY OF GUJRAT
Department of Chemistry
Session Schedule
Week # Topics Readings
Introduction of course contents Recommended and
01
Background of coordination chemistry, Supplementary Material
02 Electronic States of transition metal complexes #
03 Assignment 1 Term symbols #
04 Quiz 1 Applications of Term Symbols in Spectroscopy #
05 Russel-Sander's coupling scheme #
06 Jahn-Teller theorem #
Derivation of term symbols for d1-d10 systems, d-d
07 #
transitions
connecting atomic states and molecular states, correlation
08 #
diagrams
09 Mid Term
10 Tanabe - Sugano diagrams #
11 calculation of 10Dq values, #
12 Presentations, Quiz 2, High-spin and low-spin molecules. #
Presentations, Jahn-Teller effect, applications of
13 #
subgroups
Presentations, Assignment 2 selection rules for
14 #
electronic transitions in molecules
15 Presentations, LMCT transitions #
Presentations, MLCT transitions, some examples
16 #
involving different geometries.
17 Presentations, General discussion #
