30735 - Spectroscopic Methods in Organo-Metallic and Coordination Chemistry and Laboratory, LM

Academic Year 2012/2013

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Advanced spectroscopy in chemistry (cod. 0885)

Learning outcomes

The aim of this course is to provide the necessary tools for the structure elucidation of organometallic and inorganic compounds. At the end of the course the student should have an understanding of: solution- and solid-state Infrared Spectroscopy, Multinuclear NMR Spectroscopy. Mass Spectrometry, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy. In addition, the students will gain some basic knowledge about the preparation of the main classes of coordination compounds.

Course contents

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

A. Fundamentals. Energy levels, transitions, sensitivity issues, timescales. Basics of relaxation and the vector model. The instrument. Chemical shielding and shifts; spin-spin coupling;

B. Structure Determination. Trends in chemical shifts; factors influencing coupling constants; chemical and magnetic equivalence; first- and second-order spectra; relaxation and structure.

C. 1D and 2D NMR in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry. Dynamic processes; NMR of paramagnetic compounds.

Emission Spectroscopy. Fundamentals and applications in inorganic chemistry.

X-Ray diffraction spectroscopy. Fundamentals and applications in inorganic chemistry.

Readings/Bibliography

Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods (Oxford Chemistry Primers), Alan K. Brisdon Structural Methods in Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition E.A.V. Ebsworth, David W. H. Rankin , Stephen Cradock

Teaching methods

Lectures integrated with practical tutorials.

Assessment methods

The exam consists of an oral colloquium at the end of semester.

Teaching tools

Blackboard, overhead and video projector.

Links to further information

http://www.fci.unibo.it/Chimica+Industriale/default.htm

Office hours

See the website of Maria Cristina Cassani