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T.Y B.Sc. CHEMISTRY (3units)
Choice Based Credit System
SEMESTER V
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
COURSE CODE: USCH502 CREDITS: 01 LECTURES: 30
(Numericals and word problems are expected)
UNIT -I L/Week
1. Molecular Symmetry and Chemical Bonding
1.1Molecular Symmetry (6L)
1.1.1 Introduction and Importance of Symmetry in Chemistry.
1.1.2 Symmetry elements and Symmetry operations.
1.1.3 Concept of a Point Gr oup with illustrations using the
following point groups :(i)C V (ii) Dh (iii) C 2V (iv) C 3v
(v)C 2h and (vi)D 3h
1.2 Molecular Orbital Theory for heteronuclear diatomic
molecules and polyatomic species
(9L)
1.2.1 Comparision between homonuclear and heteronuclea r
diatomic molecules.
1.2.2. Heteronuclear diatomic molecules like CO, NO and HCl,
appreciation of modified MO diagram for CO.
1.2.3 Molecular orbital theory for H 3 and H 3+ (correlation
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diagram expected).
1.2.4. Molecular shape to molecular orbital approach in AB 2
molecules. Application of symmetry concepts for linear
and angular species considering σ - bonding only.
(Examples like : (i) BeH 2, (ii) H 2O).
UNIT -II
2.0 CHEMISTRY OF INNER TRANSITION ELEMENTS
(15L)
2.1 Introduction: , Position in periodic table and electronic
configuration of lanthanides and actinides.
2.2 Chemistr y of Lanthanides with reference to (i) lanthanide
contraction and its consequences(ii) Oxidation states (iii)
ability to form complexes (iv) magnetic and spectral
properties
2.3 :Occurrence, extraction and separation of lanthanides by (i)
Ion Exchange m ethod and (ii) Solvent extraction method
(Principles and technique)
2.4 Applications of lanthanides
References
SEM -V
Unit -I
1. Per Jensen and Philip R. Bunker , Fundamentals of Molecular Symmetry , Series in
Chemical Physics, Taylor & Francis Group
2. J. S. Ogden, Introduction to Molecular Symmetry, Oxford University Press
3. Derek W. Smith , Molecular orbital theory in inorganic chemistry Publishe r:
Cambridge University Press
4. C. J. Ballhausen , Carl Johan Ballhausen , Harry B. Gray Molecular Orbital
Theory : An Introductory Lecture Note and Reprint Volume Frontiers in chemistry
Publisher W.A. Benjamin, 1965
5. Jack Barrett and Mounir A Malati, Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry, Affiliated
East west Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
6. Satya Prakash, G.D.Tuli, R.D. Madan , , Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.S. Chand &
Co Ltd
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Unit -II
1. Cotton, Wilkinson, Murillo and Bochmann, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th
Edition.
2. Greenwood, N.N. and Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, Butterworth Heinem ann.
1997.
3. Huheey, J.E., Inorganic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1993.
4. G. Singh , Chemistry of Lanthanides and Actinides , Discovery Publishing Hous e
5. Simon Cotton , Lanthanide and Actinide Chemistry Publisher: Wiley -Blackwell
Practicals
SEMESTER V
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
COURSE CODE: USCHP07 CREDITS: 01
I. Inorganic preparations
1. Preparation of Potassium diaquobis - (oxalato)cuprate (II)
II. Determination of percentage purity of the given water soluble salt and
qualitative detection w.r.t added cation and/or anion (qualitative analysis
only by wet tests).
(Any two salts of transition metal ions)
Reference Books (practicals)
1. Vogel Textbook of Q uantitative Chemical Analysis G.H. Jeffery, J. Basset.
2. Advanced experiments in Inorganic Chemistry., G. N. Mukherjee., 1st Edn., 2010.,
U.N.Dhur & Sons Pvt Ltd .
3. Vogel's. Textbook of. Macro and Semimicro qualitative inorganic analysis . Fifth edition.
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SEMESTER VI
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
COURSE CODE: USCH602 CREDITS: 01 LECTURES: 30
UNIT -I L/week
1.Theories of the metal -ligand bond (I) (15L)
1.1 Limitations of Valence Bond Theory.
1.2 Crystal Field Theory and effect of crystal field on central metal
valence orbitals in various geometries from linear to
octahedral(from coordination number 2 to coordination number
6)
1.3 Splitting of d orbitals in octahedral, square planar and
tetrahedral crystal fields.
1.4 Distortions from the octahedral geometry : (i) effect of ligand
field and (ii) Jahn -Teller distortions.
1.5 Crystal field splitting parameters Δ ; its calculation and factors
affecting it in octahedral complexes, Spectrochemical series.
1.6 Crystal field stabilization energy(CFSE), calculation of CFSE
for octahedral complexes with d0 to d10 metal ion configurations.
1.7 Consequences of crystal field splitting on various prope rties
such as ionic radii, hydration energy and enthalpies of
formation of metal complexes of the first transition series.
1.8 Limitations of CFT : Evidences for covalence in metal
complexes (i) intensities of d -d transitions, (ii) ESR spectrum of
[IrCl 6]2- (iii) Nephelauxetic effect.
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UNIT -II
2 SOME SELECTED TOPICS (15L)
2.1 Metallurgy (7L)
2.1.1 Types of metallurgies,
2.1.2 General steps of metallurgy; Concentration of ore,
calcinations, roasting, reduction and refining.
2.1.3 Metallurgy of copper: occurrence, Physicochemical principles ,
Extraction of copper from pyrites& refining by electrolysis.
2.2 Chemistry of Group 18 (5L)
2.2.1 Historical perspectives
2.2.2 General characteristics and trends in physical and chemical
properties
2.2.3 Isolation of noble gases
2.2.4 Compounds of Xenon (oxides and fluorides) with respect to
preparation and structure (VSEPR)
2.2.5 Uses of noble gases
2.3 Introduction to Bioinorganic Chemistry. (3L)
2.3.1Essential and non essential elements in biological systems.
2.3.2 Biological importance of metal i ons such as Na+,K+,Fe+2/Fe+3
and Cu+2(Role of Na+ and K+w.r.t. ion pump.)
REFER ENCES:
SEM VI
Unit -I
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1. Geoffrey A. Lawrance Introduction to Coordination Chemistry John Wiley & Sons.
2. R. K. Sharma Text Book of Coordination Chemistry Discovery Publishing House
3. R. Gopalan , V. Ramalingam Concise Coordination Chemistry , Vikas Publishing
House;
4. Shukla P R, Advance Coordination Chemistry , Himalaya Publishing House
5. Glen E. Rodgers, Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination, and Solid -State
Chemistry Publisher: Thomson Brooks/Cole
Unit -II
1 R. Gopalan, Inorganic Chemistry for Undergraduates, Universities Press India.
2 D. F. Shriver and P. W. Atkins, Inorganic chemistry, 3rd edition, Oxford University
Press
3 Cotton, Wilkinson, Murillo and Bochmann, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th
Edition.
4 Jack Ba rrett and Mounir A Malati, Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry, Affiliated
East west Press Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5 R.Gopalan, Chemistry for undergraduates. Chapter 18. Principles of
Metallurgy.(567 -591)
6 Puri ,Sharma Kalia Inorganic chemistry. Chapter 10, Metals and metallurgy.(328 -
339)
7 Greenwood, N.N. and Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements, Butterworth Heinemann.
1997.
8 Huheey, J.E., Inorganic Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1993.
9 Lippard, S.J. & Berg, J.M . Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry Panima Publishing
Company 1994.
10 Satya Prakash, G.D.Tuli, R.D. Madan , , Advanced Inorganic Chemistry.S. Chand &
Co Ltd
Practicals
SEMESTER V
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
COURSE CODE: USCHP08 CREDITS: 01
I. Inorganic preparations
Preparation of Tris(acetylacetonato) iron(III)
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II. Determination of percentage purity of the given water soluble salt and
qualitative detection w.r.t added cation and/or anion (qualitative analysis
only by wet tests).
(Any three salts of main group metal ions)
Reference Books (practicals)
4. Vogel Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis G.H. Jeffery, J. Basset.
5. Advanced experiments in Inorganic Chemistry., G. N. Mukherjee., 1st Edn., 2010.,
U.N.Dhur & Sons Pvt Ltd .
6. Vogel's. Textbook of. Macro and Semimicro qualitative inorganic analysis . Fifth edition.