SELECTED TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY: (For B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. Students)

• Oxidation and Reduction
• Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB)
• Elements and their Compounds of 1st (3d), 2nd (4d) and 3rd (5d) Transition Series
• Preparation and Applications of Complexes.
• Splitting of Metal Ion d-Orbitals in Other Crystal Fields
• John-Teller Effect and Distortion in Octahedral and Tetrahedral Complexes
• Electronic Absorption Spectra of Transition Metal Complexes
• Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Complexes
• Organometallic Compounds
• Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Silicones and Phosphazenes

• Oxidation and Reduction • Non - aqueous Solvents • Acids and Bases • Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB) • General Characteristics of Transition Metals (d - Block Elements) • Chemistry of Elements of First Transition Series (3d Series Elements) • Chemistry of Elements of Second Transition Series (4d - Series Elements) • Chemistry of Elements of Third Transition Series (5d - Series Elements) • Chemistry of Lanthanides (4f - Block Elements) • Chemistry Actinides (5f - Block Elements) • Coordination Compounds: Definition and Terminology • Preparation and Applications of Complexs • Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds • Werner's Theory of Coordination Compounds • Isomerism in Coordination Compounds • Valence Bond Theory (VBT) of Coordination Compounds • Crystal Field Theory (CFT) of Octahedral Complexes • Cyrstal Field Theory of Tetrahedral and Cubic Complexes • Crystal Field Theory of Square Planar Complexes • Splitting of Metal Ion d-orbitals in Other Crystal Fields • John - Teller Effect and Distortion in Octahedral and Tetrahedral Complexes • Applications of Crystal Field Stabilisation Energies (CFSEs) • Molecular Orbital Theory (MOT) of Octahedral Complexes • Electronic Absorption Spectra of Transition Metal Complexes • Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Complexs • Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of Metal Complexes • Ligand Substitution Reactions in Octahedral Complexes • Ligand Substitution Reactions in Square Planar Complexes • Electron Transfer (Oxidation - Reduction) Reactions in Coordination Compounds • Transition Metal Complexes with Carbon Monoxide: Metallic Carbonyls • Organometallic Compounds • Bioinorganic Chemistry • Silicones and Phosphazenes