Coordination chemistry

Summary

Fundamental knowledge of coordination compounds.

Content

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Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Recall typical ligands; name typical coordination compounds and describe their geometryJudge the existence of isomers and draw such isomers; Calculate the oxidation states of metals and the number of d electrons.
• Apply soft-hard acid-base theory to predict the stability of complexes; interpret chelate effect; determine the relative stability of complexes according to structural factors.
• Deduce the crystal field splitting diagram for octahedral, tetrahedral, and square planar complexes; decide the electronic configuration. Generate the ligand field diagram for octahedral complexes.
• Decide if a complex is high spin or low spin using ligand field theory; understand and explain the spectrochemical series.
• Estimate the spin-only magnetic moment of complexes according to ligand field theory; Determine whether an electronic transition is allowed and the intensity of such transition.

Assessment methods

1 compulsory test during the semester.

Final grade: 30% for test + 70% for final written exam

Supervision

Office hours	Yes
Assistants	Yes
Forum	Yes

Resources

Ressources en bibliothèque

• Inorganic Chemistry / Miessler
• Chimie et théorie des groupes / Walton
• Chemical Applications of Group Theory / Cotton

Websites

• http://scgc.epfl.ch/telechargement_cours_chimie

Moodle Link

• https://go.epfl.ch/CH-222