Learning objectives
<br />To introduce second year students of Chemistry degree to a study in depth of the general aspects of inorganic stereoisomerism.
Prerequisites
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Course unit content
<br />Coordination Chemistry: structural aspects and isomerism. Costitutional isomerism. Stereoisomerism: general aspects of stereochemical notation in coordination chemistry. Two-, three-, four-, five-, and six-coordinate complexes. Isomerism from ligand distribution and unsymmetrical ligands. Isomer enumeration. Isomerism from ligand conformation and chirality. Chirality and the special nomenclature of chiral coordination complexes. Optical activity.<br />
Full programme
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Bibliography
<br />K. F. Purcell, J. C. Kotz, Inorganic Chemistry<br />Alexander von Zelewsky, Stereochemistry of Coordination Compounds
Teaching methods
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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