KARATINA UNIVERSITY

Department of Biological &Physical Sciences

CHE 410: TRANSITION METAL CHEMISTRY 3 UNITS

INSTRUCTOR: DR. D. ONDIGO

Course purpose

To introduce the learner totransitional metal chemistry.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course the learner should be able to:

i) Demonstrate a clear understanding of transition metal chemistry; properties, reactions

and applications.
ii) Understand the basic concepts of coordination chemistry and early theory.

Course outline CHE410: TRANSITION ELEMENTS

Date Topic

Week 1 -Introduction to Transition elements/ d-block elements.

-Electronic configurations of transition elements. Common characteristic
properties of transition elements:
Week 2 Properties of transition elements.

Week 3 -Some industrially important compounds of transition metals: Preparation,

Properties and Uses.
Week 4 Charge Transfer Spectra: Ligand-metal charge transfer (L → M), Metal-ligand
charge transfer (M → L). Metal – Ligand

Bonding Theories: Valence Bond Theory .

Week 5 CAT 1

Week 6 Crystal Field Theory (CFT):

Week 7 Electronic spectra: Coupling of Orbital Angular Momentum; Coupling of spin

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 angular momenta, p2 or d2 case, Spin-Orbit coupling.

Determination of ground sate term- Hund’s rule, Hole formalism (formulation),

Microstates, Derivation of terms for a d2 configuration, Calculation of
microstates. Electronic spectra:

Week 8 Selection rules; Laporte orbital selection rule, Spin selection rule.

Splitting of electronic E-levels and spectroscopic states. Transforming

spectroscopic terms to Mulliken symbols. Spectra of d1 and d9 ions.

Week 9 CAT 2

Week 10 Correlation diagrams: Orgel Level Diagrams; Spectra of d2 and d8

ions.

Week 11 Combined Orgel diagrams: Cr3+ complex (d3), Spectrum of d5 e.g. Mn2+, Fe3+
etc.

Week 12 Tanabe-Sugano Diagram: d2 configuration, Tanabe Sugano diagrams for a

d7 system.

Week 13 REVISION

WEEK 14 REVISION

Course Textbook and Journal

1. Cotton F. A., Wilkinson G., Murillo C. A., Bochmann, M. (1999). Advanced Inorganic
Chemistry (6th Ed.), John Wiley.
2. Shriver D. F., Atkins P. W., Langford C. H. (2000). Inorganic Chemistry (3rd Ed.), Oxford
University Press.
3. Weller M., Overton T., Rourke J. and Armstrong F., (2015). Inorganic Chemistry, (6th
Edition), Oxford University Press.
4. Cotton F. A., Wilkinson G., Murillo C. A. and Bochmann M. (2007). Advanced Inorganic
Chemistry (6th Ed.), Wiley.
5. Shriver D. F., Atkins P. W., Langford C. H. (2000). Inorganic Chemistry (3rd Ed.), Oxford
University Press.

Recommended Textbook and journal for Further Reading.

1. Kaim W. and Schwederski B.and Axel K. (2013). Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic
Elements in the Chemistry of Life (An introduction and Guide) (2nd Ed.), John Wiley & Sons.
2. Huheey J. E., Keiter E. A., Keiter R.L. and Mehdi O. K., (2006). Inorganic Chemistry,
Principles of Structure and Reactivity (4th Ed.), Pearson.
3. Housecroft C. E. and Sharpe A. G. (2012). Inorganic Chemistry (4th Ed.), Pearson.
4. Inorganic Chemistry and Organometallic, ACS publications.

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