Inorganic Chemistry II

After successfully completing the course, students will be able to:

• Identify the transition elements (d-block) of the Periodic Table and write their ground-state electronic configurations.
• Write the electronic configuration of transition metals in all their oxidation states.
• Know and understand the periodic properties of the transition elements (atomic and ionic radius, melting/boiling points, ionization energy, electron affinity, metallic character).
• Understand coordination compounds and the fundamental interpretations of A. Werner’s theory.
• Know the concepts of coordination compounds, ligands, coordination numbers, stereochemistry of complexes, as well as their colors and magnetic properties.
• Name coordination compounds and identify the structural isomers and stereoisomers of coordination complexes, as well as their thermodynamic stability.
• Know chelating compounds and the applications of metal complexes.
• Understand and apply bonding theories in coordination compounds: valence bond theory, crystal field theory, and molecular orbital theory.
• Interpret the electronic spectra of transition-metal complexes.
• Understand the magnetic properties of coordination compounds.
• Know the methods of preparing coordination compounds and the basic concepts of reaction kinetics in coordination chemistry.
• Describe the origin, chemical properties, and uses of representative transition metals.
• Have knowledge of organometallic compounds (carbonyls, metal alkyls, carbenes, carbynes, carbides, cyclopentadienyl complexes, metal clusters).
• Synthesize, purify, crystallize, and characterize coordination compounds of transition-metal ions.