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d- and f-block Chemistry
Dr. L-L. Wong and Dr J.J. Davis
Michaelmas Term - Second Year (12 Lectures)
Plan
(1) Atomic Properties. Relative energies of s and
d orbitals. Electronic configurations. Ionisation energies.
The stability of the half-filled shell. Sublimation energies
of the elements. Heats of formation of cations. Trends in
stability of binary compounds. Rationalisation of the electrode
potentials.
(2) Ligand field splittings. High and low spin complexes,
spin-pairing energies. LFSE's in lattice energies, heats of
formation, hydration energies, etc. Site preference energies
in spinels. Dependence on ligand type, oxidation state, and
transition metal series. The Jahn-Teller effect and its consequences.
(3) Stability of oxidation states in the 1st T.S.
Trends in reduction potentials for M3+/M2+
(aq). Oxidation state diagrams (Frost and Pourbaix). The effect
of pH and of ligands on redox potentials. Factors and ligands
stabilising high and low oxidation states.
(4) Stereochemistry and coordination number. Main
differences between the 1st and the 2nd and 3rd transition
series. Stability of oxidation states. Trends in covalency.
Metal-metal bonding.
(5) Chemistry of Titanium
(6) Titanium, Zirconium and Hafnium
(7) Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten
(8) The Iron Group
(9) Nickel
(10) Paladium and Platinum
Books:
- Shriver, Atkins and Langford: Inorganic Chemistry (2nd
Edn) Ch.6,8,16. (Concepts, few facts)
- Gerloch and Constable: Transition Metal Chemistry (Emphasis
on bonding and electronic structure)
- D.A. Johnson: Some Thermodynamic Aspects of Inorganic
Chemistry. Ch. 6 (Excellent on energetics)
- N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw Chemistry of the Elements.
(Essential source of the facts).
- Cotton and Wilkinson: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. (Alternative
descriptive source)
- Phillips and Williams: Inorganic Chemistry. (Old but full
of important ideas and comparative data)
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