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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2015/2016

Medium of instruction:
Assessment Methods: English
Continuous assessment: 30%
Final examination: 70% Soft skills:
CT1-3, LL1-2
Medium of instruction:
English References:
1. A. J Bard and L. R. Faulkner, Electrochemical Methods
nd
Soft skills: Fundamental and Application, 2 ed., John Wiley & Sons,
CT1-3 2001.
2. D. Pletcher and F. C. Walsh, Industrial Electrochemistry,
References: Blackie Academic and Profesional, 1993.
1. A. R. West, Basic Solid State Chemistry, John Wiley & 3. P. Monk, Fundamentals of Electroanalytical Chemistry,
Sons, 1996. John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
nd
2. G. E. Rodgers, Introduction to Coordination Solid State 4. J. Wang, Analytical Electrochemistry, 2 ed., John Wiley
and Descriptive Chemistry, 1994. & Sons, 2000.
3. J. R. Christman, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics.
4. M. F. F. Ladd, Structure and Bonding in Solid State
Chemistry, Halsted Press, NY, 1979. SIC3001 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III

Organometallic Chemistry:
SIC2014 BASIC COLLOID CHEMISTRY Historical background, Classification/bonding types of
Organometallics Compounds of Transition Elements, Main
Introduction to colloidal dispersion and types of colloidal Group Organometallics & Lanthanides, 18-electron rules,
dispersions. Particles in the box and colloid chemistry. Ligands in Organometallics (carbonyl, hydride, alkyl/alkene,
Brownian motion, Surface charge and colloidal stability. carbene, carbyne, metallocene & fullerene). Spectral (IR,
Particle size and fluid deformation. Viscosity, sedimentation NMR) and x-ray structural analysis. Organometallic
and rheology. Self-assembly colloids: micelles, vesicles, reactions.
emulsions and microemulsions. Instrumentations in
Colloidal Chemistry. Colloidal chemistry, nano-science and Reaction kinetics and mechanism of transition metal
nanotechnology. complexes:
Introduction to inorganic reaction mechanism. Dissociative,
Assessment Methods: associative and interchange mechanisms. Derivation of the
Continuous assessment: 40% rate law based on the above mechanisms. Substitution
Final examination: 60% reactions of octahedral, tetrahedral and 5-coordinate
systems. Substitution reactions catalysed by acid and base.
Medium of instruction: Inner-sphere and outer-sphere mechanisms.
English
Assessment Methods:
Soft skills: Practical: 25%
CT1-3 Continuous assessment: 15%
Final examination: 60%
References:
1. A. W. Adamson and A. P. Gast, Physical Chemistry of Medium of instruction:
Surfaces, Wiley Interscience, 1997. English
2. D. J. Shaw, Introduction to Colloid & Surface Chemistry,
Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, 1992. Soft skills:
3. P. C. Hiemenz and R. Rjagopalan, Principles of Colloid & CT1-3
rd
Surface Chemistry, 3 ed., Marcel Dekkerm, 1997.
4. R. Aveyard, and D. A. Haydon, An Introduction to the References:
Principles of Surface Chemistry, Cambridge University 1. C. Elschenbroich and A. Salzer, Organometallics A
nd
Press, 1973. concise Introduction, 2 rev., VCH, 1992.
nd
5. D.F. Evans, H. Wennerstrom, The Colloidal Domain, 2 2. G. O. Spessard and G. L. Miessler, Organometallic
ed. Wiley-Vch, 1999. Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 1997.
6. D.H. Everett, Basic Principle Of Colloid Science, Royal 3. Gary L. Miessler & Donald A. Tarr, Inorganis Chemistry.
rd
Society of Chemistry, 1988. 3 ed., Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004
4. F. A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic
Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1972.
SIC2015 ELECTROCHEMISTRY 5. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry.
6. Fred Basolo and Ralph G Pearson, Mechanism of
Background of electrochemical cell, type of electrode, liquid Inorganic Reactions. A study of metal complexes in
nd
junction potential, concentrations of electrolyte. Basic solution, 2 ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1967.
electrochemistry on electrode reaction, electrode kinetics, 7. R. A. Henderson, The mechanisms of reactions at
Butler-Volmer equation, Tafel anode and cathode equation, transition metal sites, Oxford Science Publications, 1993.
overpotential, mass transport, diffusion current and Nernst
diffusion layer. Potentiostatic and galvanostatic
electrochemical methods including chronoamperometry, SIC3002 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
coulometry, polarography, cyclic voltammetry and stripping
voltammetry methods. Surface confined electrochemical Brief introduction to organic synthesis: disconnections and
processes and applications in electroanalytical field. retrosynthetic analysis;

Assessment Methods: Use of compounds incorporating main group elements (B,
Continuous assessment: 30% S, Si, P, mainly; and, Sn, Se, Al) in organic functional group
Final examination: 70% transformations;

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