INORGANIC CHEMISTRY WITH LABORATORY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2018/2019

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in CHEMISTRY

Disciplinary Sector:

General and Inorganic Chemistry

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

ZUCCA Antonio

Obligatory attendance:

Yes

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of the topics related to the General and inorganic chemistry exam.

AF code:

40003908

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The final evaluation consists in an oral exam. The examination will verify the overall knowledge of the arguments of the course and the skills to apply and connect knowledge in the field.

The course also includes Interim assessment tests, which may exonerate the student from the final written exam and allow direct access to the oral exam.

Teaching period

Second semester

Objectives

To give comprehensive basic information of the stereochemistry and reactivity of the compounds of main group elements with references to applicative aspects. To rationalize the diversity of the chemical phenomena with the help of the periodic table and physical chemistry.
Strengthen the skills necessary in an inorganic chemistry laboratory.

Contents

General contents
Structure, reactivity and properties of Main Group elements and their compounds. Systematic description of the chemistry of Main Group elements and compounds: horizontal, vertical and diagonal trends, chemical and physical properties, preparation, bonding, stability, reactions and uses.
Detailed study of the chemistry of Hydrogen and binary hydrides, Oxygen and oxides, halogens and halides.

Detailed program
Periodic properties of the elements: valence electron configurations, atomic parameters, diagonal relationships. General periodic trends and anomalies. Effective nuclear charge. Slater’s rules. Electronegativity. Lewis acids and bases, HSAB theory.

Chemistry of Main Group Elements
Hydrogen. Atomic properties. Isotopes of hydrogen. Isotopic effect. Dihydrogen: manufacture and uses. Reactions and activation of dihydrogen. Hydrogen economy. Fuel cells.
Binary hydrides. Nature of the E-H bond. Chemical properties, manufacture and uses of ionic, metallic (interstitial) and covalent hydrides.
Hydrogen bond General features. Examples of hydrogen-bonded species. The magnitude and importance of hydrogen bonding. Structural features. Effects on the physical and chemical properties. Water, ice, hydrates and clathrates.

Chalcogens
Atomic properties. Industrial production and uses of chalcogens.

Oxygen
Atomic properties. Production and uses. Atomic oxygen. Molecular Oxygen in the Singlet State. Chemical Properties of Dioxygen. Ozone: preparation, uses and reactivity. Ozone and CFC. Water existence range. The oxygen and hydrogen reaction. Hydrogen peroxide. Preparation and uses. Chemical properties: redox properties, catalytic decomposition, acid-base behavior. Ionic peroxides and superoxides.

Binary Oxides
Classification according to the type of E-O bond. Structural Classification. Physical states and structures. Structures of the ionic oxides. Covalent oxides: denominations and periodic trends of structures and physical state. Covalent polymers. Metal oxides. Classification based on acid-base properties. Periodic trends of acid-base properties. Binary oxides of the block-s metals. Practical and environmental applications of volatile oxides and oxyacids. Industrial production of the most important oxyacids. Use of metal oxides; mixed metal oxides and non-stoichiometric metal oxides. Polynuclear Oxo Anions of block-p and -d elements.

The Halogens. Essential aspects. Atomic properties. Molecular structures, properties and reactivity. Production and uses. Compounds of the halogens.

Essential aspects of the chemistry of groups 1, 2, 13, 14 and 15.
In detail, silicones: an example of inorganic polymers.

Laboratory experiences.
The experiments were chosen in order to exemplify the concepts discussed in the theoretical part of the course and consist in the synthesis and characterization of compounds of the elements of the main groups, and experiences of their reactivity. An important aspect is the correlation between structure and properties of the studied compounds.

Recommended Bibliography

Recommended text:

P. Atkins, T. Overton, J. Rourke, M. Weller, F. Armstrong, “Chimica Inorganica”, II Edizione Italiana, Zanichelli, 2012 or the original edition, “Inorganic Chemistry”, Oxford University Press;

Other reference and Consultation texts:
Inorganic Chemistry, Catherine E. Housecroft e Alan G. Sharpe, Pearson Education Limited, fifth edition, 2018
G.L. Miessler – D.A. Tarr, “Chimica Inorganica”, IV edizione, Casa Ed. Piccin, 2011, or the original edition.
J.D. Lee, “Chimica Inorganica”, Casa Ed. Piccin (or the original edition);
W. Henderson, “Main Group Chemistry”, Royal Society of Chemistry;
J.E. Huheey, E.A. Keiter, R.L. Keiter, “Chimica Inorganica - Principi, Strutture e Reattività”, Casa Ed. Piccin (or the original edition);
F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, “Chimica Inorganica” 2a e 3a Edizione Italiana, Casa Ed. Ambrosiana, Milano
N.N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, “Chimica degli Elementi”, Casa Ed. Piccin (or the original edition).

Laboratory experiences texts
Robert J. Angelici, “Synthesis and Technique in Inorganic Chemistry”, Second Edition, University Science Books
Zvi Szafran, Ronald M. Pike, Mono M. Singh, “Microscale Inorganic Chemistry, A Comprehensive Laboratory Experience”, Wiley
J.D. Woollins, “Inorganic Experiments”, V.C.H.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures with slides and practical laboratory exercitations.

Contacts/More Information

Attendance of lessons and lab execitations is compulsory.
At the end of each laboratory experience, students will have to send a brief report by e-mail.
If required, the teacher is available to give explanations in english. An English text of main group chemistry is also included in the list of the recommended texts.

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