Inorganic Chemistry with Lab

1) Correlation between the electronic structure of atoms according to Slater, electronic levels and elements properties. Periodic characteristics. Electronegativity and polarizability. Binding energies. Solids. Periodicity in the distribution and preparation of elements. General aspects of metallurgic processes.
2) Characteristics of solvents and correlations between solubility and lattice energies in solids. Acids and bases. Superacids and superbases in non aqueous solvents. Soft and hard acids and bases. Oxoacids.
3) The Periodic table. Chemistry of the elements in groups 1,2, 11-18 and lanthanides: General and industrial aspects.

Coordination chemistry: basic concepts, trans effect, crystal field theory. Introduction to metallorganic chemistry. Some industrial applications of homogeneous catalysis. Preparation, purification and characterization of coordination compounds of Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Mo, Cu, paying attention to safety rules, in order to learn: (i) how to carry out simple inorganic and metallorganic reactions; (ii) how to isolate and purify coordination compounds, in particular using crystallization and chromatography techniques; (iii) how to characterize coordination compounds, in particular by measuring the melting point, by using infrared, UV-visible and 1H NMR spectroscopies and magnetic susceptivity. Exercise in library to understand the rules for bibliographic research. Written exercises on coordination chemistry and metallorganic chemistry: magnetism of transition metal ions (high and low spin); the 18 electrons rule.