CHEM322

Coordination Chemistry

II. Synthesis and Properties

Course outline

Preparative methods, Techniques for studying complexes, Stability constants, The spectrochemical series and color of metal complexes, Diamagnetism and paramagnetism, Isomerism, Stereochemistry, Jahn-Teller Theorem, Role of metal complexes in analytical chemistry, industry and nature.

Recommended books

While there is no mandatory reading material for this course, it is recommended that you have access to at least one of the following texts.

• Coordination Chemistry: Basics and Current Trends (2023) by Birgit Weber
• Introduction to Coordination Chemistry (2013) by Geoffrey A. Lawrance
• Physical Inorganic Chemistry: A Coordination Chemistry Approach (1996) by S.F.A. Kettle
• Coordination Chemistry (1986) by Fred Basolo, Ronald C. Johnson

Exams and grades

• Mid-term exam: 18%
• Final exam: 20%
• Assignments & class participation: 25%
• Part I. 37% (17 + 20)

Assignments

Here’s a list of assignments that may help you understand and apply basic concepts of coordination chemistry.

Topic. Introduction
Assignment 1. Introduction to coordination complexes

Topic. Isomerism
Assignment 2. Identifying isomers
Assignment 3. Isomerism in coordination complexes

Topic. Color of Complexes
Assignment 4. What happened to my green solution?

Topic. Spectrochemical Series & Techniques for Studying Complexes
Assignment 5. Relating electronic spectra and ligand field strength