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Metal carbonyls and nitrosyls are special classes of compounds that can stabilize zero or even negative formal
oxidation states of metal ions. These compounds have a unique type of MetalLigand bonding. Owing to these,
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they nd interesting applications. The rst two topics of the course will highlight preparations, properties,
structuresandbondinginthesaidcompounds.
Coordination compounds exhibit a variety of isomerisms. Dierent types of structural isomerism, geometrical
isomerismandopticalisomerismincoordinationcompoundswillbediscussedindetailinthenexttwelvelectures
ofthecourse.
Thermodynamics and kinetics provide a gateway to synthesis and reactivity of coordination compounds. Thus,
aspects leading to determination of stability constants and composition of complexes will then be discussed. A
widevarietyofnucleophilicsubstitutionreactionsareexhibitedbybothoctahedralandsquareplanarcomplexes.
Salientfeaturesofsuchreactionswillbecoveredinthelastsectioncomprisingoffteenlectures.
SelectedTopicsinCoordinationChemistry:
MetalCarbonyls[7Hrs.]
MetalNitrosyls[6Hrs.]
Isomerism[12Hrs.]
Thermodynamic&KineticAspects[3Hrs.]
Stability,StabilityConstants&CompositionofComplexes[2Hrs.]
ReactionsinOctahedralComplexes[5Hrs.]
ReactionsinSquarePlanarComplexes[5Hrs.]

COURSEDETAIL
Module
NO.
Module1

TopicsCovered
MetalCarbonyls

No.Of
Lectures
11

Introduction,Synthesisofmetalcarbonyls,PhysicalProperties,Chemical
Properties,Bondinginmetalcarbonyls,InfraredSpectroscopy,

Classicationofmetalcarbonyls,MonoNuclearCarbonyls,Polynuclear

carbonyls,StructuresofafewPolynuclearcarbonyls,EectiveAtomic
Number(EAN)Rule,CatalyticActivityofMetallicCarbonyls,Exercises.
Module2

MetalNitrosyls

04

Introduction,BondinginmetallicNitrosyls,InfraredSpectroscopy,

ClassicationofNitrosyls,SynthesisofmetallicNitrosyls,Individual

nitrosyls,Eectiveatomicnumber(EAN)rule.
Module3

Isomerism

10

Introduction,ClassicationofIsomerism,StructuralIsomerism,

ExperimentalSeparationandidenticationofIsomers,Opticalisomerism,

Resolutionofracemicmixture,Exercises.
Module4

ThermodynamicsandKinetics

06

Introduction,Stabilityandlabilityofcomplexes,StepsInvolvedin
FormationofaComplexMLn,StepwiseandOverallStabilityConstants,

Explanationoflabilityandinertnessofoctahedralcomplexes,Factors
AectingtheStabilityandLabilityofComplexes,Methodsfordetectionof

complexFormation,Experimentaldeterminationofstabilityconstantand
compositionofacomplex,Exercises.
Module5

ReactionsinOctahedralComplexes

06

PotentialEnergyCurves,MechanismsofNucleophilicSubstitution
ReactionsinOctahedralComplexes,MechanismsInvolvedinReactionslike

AcidHydrolysisandBaseHydrolysisofSixCoordinatedCo(III),Ammine

Complexes,Anationreaction,SubstitutionreactionswithoutMLbond
cleavage,Electrontransferreactions,Isomerizationreactions,Exercises.
Module6

Reactionsinsquareplanarcomplexes

03

Introduction,Thetranseectanditsapplications,Theoriesforexplaining

transeect,Mechanismofsubstitutionreactions,Factorsaectingtherate
ofsubstitutionreactionsinsquareplanarcomplexes,Exercises.

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