CHEM560 INORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS
| Course Code: | 2340560 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Chemistry |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. SAİM ÖZKAR |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
Importance of kinetics in science and industry
The mechanism and (pseudo-)elementary reactions
Understanding the mechanisms of all kind of reactions
Basic concepts, terms and definitions in kinetics
Basic knowledge on the mechanisms of inorganic and organometallic reactions;
The importance of kinetics data for proposing mechanisms
How to collect the kinetics data
How to evaluate the kinetics data
Estimating the uncertainties in collecting and evaluating the kinetics data
The mechanism of ligand substitution reactions
The mechansim of electron transfer reactions
How to get the rate laws
How to get the integrated rate laws
How to use the kinetics data in understanding the mechanism
Course Content
After a brief review of the present theories which account for metal-ligand bonding, the mechanisms of inorganic reactions in solution are studied under the following subtitles, 1) Ligand substitution reactions of square-planar, tetrahedral and octahedral transition metal complexes, 2) Electron transfer reaction, 3) Oxidative addition reactions. 4) Catalysis reactions.
Course Learning Outcomes
Get more information about the the reaction mechansim of inorganic and organic reactions.
Collect kinetics data
Evaluate kinetics data for understanding the mechanism
Use of softwares in evaluating kinetics data (Origin and COPASI)
Report the data in appropriate number of significant figures and with uncertainties.