Course for international guest/part time students

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Organization

TTK Department of Inorganic Chemistry

Code

structk20em

Title

Structural Chemistry

Usual semester

Autumn

Published semester

2025/26/2, 2026/27/1

ECTS

4

Language

en

Learning outcomes

a) knowledge - Possess of chemical structural kowledges to understand the behaviours of complex and composite chemical compounds and materials. b) ability - Have a know-how to predict, design and develop new kind of materia with new properties. c) attitude - Open for discussions with chemists and other trade partners. d) autonomy and responsibility - Ability to overview professional problems and make reports about them for the chief to make decisions.

Course content

Overview of metal complexes based on the VB and MO theories. Introduction into ligand field theory and Jahn-Teller effect by examples. Electron transfer reaction types and their theoretical interpretation. Multiple bonded metal-metal complexes and metal clusters. Structure and reactivity of borane clusters. Structural differences in metals, intermetallic compounds, semiconductors and superconductors. The structure of polioxo-metallates and metal organic frameworks (MOFs). Supramolecular chemistry. Chemistry in non-aqueus media.

Assessment method

Written and oral exam with five-grade scale.

Bibliography

N.N. Greenwoor, A. Earnshow, Chemistry of the Elements, Chapter 19 (Coordination Compounds), Pergamon Press, 1997.

Programmes of the course