2022 Faculty Courses School of Science Department of Chemistry Graduate major in Chemistry
Basic Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Chemistry
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroyuki Kawaguchi
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Thu (W935)
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CHM.B401
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2022
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Jul 10, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on core knowledge about inorganic chemistry and analytically chemistry. This represents a detailed discussion of molecular absorption on solid surface, analytical methods for solid surface and bulk solids, crystal structures and solid state photoreaction of organometallic complexes, coordination compounds, and metal clusters. The aim of this course is to get students to gain core knowledge and basic skills in a comprehensive and systematic way on the basis of their undergraduate inorganic/analytical chemistry courses. The knowledge and skills acquired through this course will help students to study in their specialized fields.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Explain properties of inorganic compounds
2) Explain molecular structures and properties of organometallic complexes
3) Understand the structural characterization of solids by X-ray, electron and neutron diffraction
4) Understand photochemistry of coordination coupounds
Keywords
photochemical reaction, chemistry of catalysis, coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, crystal chemistry
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
This course will be given in a omnibus form.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Coordination compounds-metals and ligands | Explain ligands of coordination compounds |
| Class 2 | Bonding of coordination compounds | Explain bonding of coordination complexes |
| Class 3 | Structures of coordination compounds | Explain molecular structures of coordination complexes |
| Class 4 | Crystal field theory | Explain crystal field theory |
| Class 5 | Electronic spectra of complexes | Explain electronic spectra of coordination complexes |
| Class 6 | Reactions of Coordination Compounds | Explain properties of organometallic complexes. |
| Class 7 | Introduction to organometallic complexes | Explain properties of organometallic complexes |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Course materials are provided during class.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Shriver and Atkins, Inorganic Chemistry
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of basic topics of inorganic and analytical chemistry covered in the course will be assessed by reports (40%) and final exam (60%).
Related courses
- CHM.B201 ： Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHM.B301 ： Inorganic Chemistry II
- CHM.B202 ： Basic Analytical Chemistry
- CHM.B332 ： Photochemistry
- CHM.B333 ： Crystal Chemistry
- CHM.B335 ： Chemistry of Solids
Prerequisites
No prerequisites