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CH5202 Structure, bonding and reactivity in compounds of the p and d-block elements

Question 1: rationalise trends in chemical properties within/across groups in terms of electronic and atomic properties and identify characteristic structural building blocks of extended structures

Question 2: evaluate the roles of π-bonding, inert pair effect, and variations in overlap and bond strength in influencing properties and predict the structures and properties of yet unseen cluster molecules based on electron counting;

Question 3: derive - in ligand field terms - orbital energy diagrams of tetrahedral and square planar complexes and use these to interpret both magnetic properties and their UV/vis absorption spectra

Question 4: derive and interpret MO diagrams for octahedral complexes and related organometallics and us this as the for understanding the 18e rule

Question 5: use an MO bonding description to describe the bonding of common ligands to transition metals. Appreciate synthetic methods to make simple complexes.

Question 6: understand basic reactivity of transition metal organometallic complexes, exemplified by ligand substitution, oxidative addition, reductive elimination and migratory insertion reactions.

Question 7: use quantum mechanical and group theoretical concepts to describe the bonding in diatomic and polyatomic molecules and apply concepts of molecular orbital and valence bond theories to describe simple molecules and coordination complexes.