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 Academic Year:
| 2015/6 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Chemistry |
| Credits:
| 3 |
| Level:
| Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment Summary:
| EX 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
Reassessment not allowed |
| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take CH20147 OR take CH20148 |
| Description:
| Aims: To introduce selected fundamental and applied topics in modern s- and p-block chemistry, with a particular emphasis on the kinetic control of bonding and oxidation state. To introduce the topic of inorganic materials chemistry, placing particular emphasis on structure and bonding relationships in order to explain properties such as magnetism and electrical conductance. Learning Outcomes: After studying the Unit, students should be able to: * describe the synthesis, structure, bonding and factors affecting the stability of low oxidation state and multiply bonded s- and p-block main group compounds; * rationalise the stability and reactivity of unseen compounds from the chemical literature through additional reading and problem solving; * solve problems leading to the identification of low coordinate and/or low oxidation s- and p-block compounds; * design viable syntheses leading to low coordinate and/or low oxidation s- and p-block compounds; * understand the role of main group compounds in catalysis; * understand the role of MOCVD in the electronics industry; * design routes to synthesise of new precursors for MOCVD of main group materials. Skills: Problem solving (T, F, A) Scientific writing (F, A), Independent working (F) Group working (F). Content: Strategies for the synthesis and stability of low oxidation state main group organometallic systems (Lone-pair effects, Singlet vs Triplet state systems). A Survey of the synthesis, structure and bonding of homo-metallic Main group multiple bonded systems. The use of s-block compounds in bond-forming catalysis Main Group Chemistry and the Electronics Industry; MOCVD. The chemistry of selected inorganic polymers. |
| Programme availability: |
CH40212 is Optional on the following programmes:Department of Chemistry
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