Course: Inorganic Molecular Compounds

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Course title Inorganic Molecular Compounds
Course code KOANCH/C834
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Erben Milan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vinklárek Jaromír, prof. Ing. Dr.
  • Beneš Ludvík, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Dostál Libor, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Růžička Aleš, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Organometallic. Discovery and history. Peculiarities of metal-carbon bonding. Classification of organometallic compounds. Specific reactions of organometallic compounds. Relation of organometallic compounds to inorganic and organic chemistry. Use of organometallic compounds in practice. 2. Metallocenes - an important milestone in the development of modern coordination and organometallic chemistry of the second half of the 20th century, the rule of 18 valence electrons. 3. Homogeneous catalysis in current industrial processes. The concept of homogeneous catalysis. Basic types of homogeneous catalysts for industrial processes. Ziegler-Natt catalysts, new types of catalysts with predetermined properties. 4. New organometallic drugs. Biologically and pharmacologically active organometallic compounds as medicaments. Organometallic compounds with carcinostatic effect. Mechanism of molecular effect. Prospects for the development of new organometallic drugs. 5. Lewis Frustrated Vapors - Basic principles and applications for the activation of small inorganic and organic molecules. 6. Supramolecular chemistry. Host-host interaction. Clathrates, inclusion compounds of cyclodextrins, zeolites. Layered complexes, structure of molecular and ionic intercalates, ion exchanges in intercalates. Intercalation compounds of fullerenes. 7. X-ray structural analysis, as an important part of the characterization of molecular compounds. 8. New directions of studying the structure of inorganic molecular compounds I. - introduction to NMR spectroscopy 9. New directions of studying the structure of inorganic molecular compounds II. - Introduction to IR and Raman spectroscopy 10. Carbene complexes of transition metals and metathesis of alkenes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
  • Preparation for an exam - 30 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 30 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
To acquaint students with the basics of organometallic and coordination chemistry and with the possibility of their applications and characterization.
Students will get information about the basics of organometallic and coordination chemistry, inorganic polymers and others together with their applications. Basic methods for characterizing these compounds will be also included.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written examination

Recommended literature
  • Heslop: HESLOP K., JONES K.A.: Anorganická chemie, 1972,.
  • C. Elschenbroich. Organometallics.


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