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Metal-metal bonding in carbonyl and halide clusters Polyhedral model of metal clusters, effect
of electronic configuration and coordination number, Structures of metal carbonyl clusters of three
atoms M 3(CO) 12 (M=Fe, Ru & Os), Four metal atoms (tetrahedra) [M 4(CO) 12 {M= Co, Rh &Ir}]
and octahedron of type M 6(CO) 16 [M= Co & Rh], and halide derivatives of Rhenium (III)
triangles, metal carbonyls involving bridged-terminal exchange and scrambling of CO group.
UNIT-V (8 Hours)

Transition Metal-Carbon multiple bonded compounds: Metal carbenes and carbines
(preparation, reactions, structure, and bonding considerations). Biological and industrial
applications and environmental aspects of organometallic compounds.

PRACTICAL (30 HOURS)

1. Preparation of following compounds:
(i) Tetrapyridine copper (II) persulphate
(ii) Dinitritotetrapyridine nickel (II)
(iii)Mercury (tetraisothiocyanato)cobaltate(II).
(iv) Potassium tris(oxalato)aluminate(III)
(v) Sodium hexa(nitro)cobaltate(III)
(vi) Potassium tris(oxalato)cobaltate(III)
2. Characterization of above compounds by the following techniques:
(i) Elemental analysis
(ii) Molar conductance values
(iii)Thermal analysis

SUGGUESTED READINGS:

1. Principles of organometallic compounds – Powell
2. Organometallic chemistry (an Introduction) – Perkin and Pollar
3. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry – Cotton and Wilkinson
4. Organometallic Chemistry-R.C. Mehrotra
5. Organometallic compounds of Transition Metal-Crabtree
6. Chemistry of the Elements – Greenwood and Earnshaw
7. Homogeneous transition metal catalysis – Christopher Masters
8. Homogeneous Catalysis – Parshall
9. Principles and Application of Homogeneous Catalysis – Nakamura and Tsutsui
10. Progress in Inorganic Chemistry Vol. 15 – Lipard. (Transition metal clusters – R.B. King)
11. Text Book of Qualitative Inorganic Analysis – A.I. Vogel
12. Synthetic Coordination Chemistry: Principles and Practice- J.A. Davies, C.M.
Hockensmith, V.Y. Kukushkin and Y.N. Kukushkin.

Chem.415 Solutions, Colligative Properties, and Chemistry of Nano-materials
3+1

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Objectives of this course are:
 to explain various adsorption processes at solid – gas interface and solid-liquid interfaces.
 to give information about the solution properties and interfacial behaviour of surfactants
and their practical applications

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