Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module, students are expected to able to complete following:
Draw correct crystal field energy diagrams for common coordination geometries.
Determine if a transition metal is high or low spin and write the electron configuration.
Draw a molecular orbital energy diagram for a six-coordinate complex with sigma donors and for a six-coordinate complex with a combination of three sigma donors and either three pi-acceptor ligands or three pi-donor ligands.
Understand the basics of metal-based magnetism and calculate a magnetic moment for a given first row transition metal complex.
Draw molecular bonding diagrams including hyper-conjugation effects.
Discuss and draw EPR energy diagrams.
Discuss and draw Moessbauer energy diagrams for iron complexes.
Understand the concept of crystallinity.
Understand the basic fundamentals of diffraction (e.g. Miller indices, Bragg Law).
Demonstrate the ability to index powder diffraction data for simple systems.
Indicative Module Content:
Crystal field model of bonding in transition metal complexes.
Molecular orbital model of bonding in transition metal complexes
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy
Moessbauer Spectroscopy
Concept of Crystallinity
Principles of X-ray diffraction