Inorganic Chemistry

Definition of the subject of inorganic chemistry. General discussion of the properties of the elements, and their reactivity with air, water, acids and bases. Thermodynamic and kinetic considerations. Thermodynamical and kinetical control of the  reactions.  Reactivity of the elements with water, bases and acids. Generalizable guidelines for the synthesis of the elements. Trends in the periodic system. 4 hours

Main group elements and their compounds

Hydrogen, and hydrides. Physical and chemical properties of hydrogen. Industrial synthesis. The quest of the hydrogen economy. Classification, reactivity and use of  hydrides. 2 hours

Noble gases, Physical properties, production, usage.  Noble gas compounds. 

Halogenes. Physical and chemical properties. Industrial synthesis of fluorine and chlorine. Brine electrolytic procedures and their comparison. 2 hours

Chlorides and their classification. Chalcogens. Physical and chemical properties of oxygen, ozone and sulfur, selenium and tellurium. Sulfuric acid production.  Oxides and sulphiodes and their classification.  2 hours

Physical and chemical properties of nitrogen. The chemistry of the industrial synthesis of ammonia. Nitric acid. The allotropes of phosphorus. Phosphorus oxides and halides and sulphides, phosphoric acid, phosphinic acid. 3 hours

The allotropic modifications of carbon, diamond, graphite, graphene, nanotubes, fullerenes. The chemistry of carbon, carbides. The physical and chemical properties of silicon and germanium. Differences from carbon. Silicates, organosilicon compounds. Tin and lead. Chemistry, physical properties, synthesis. 3 hours

Boron and boron compounds. Specific bonding in boron compounds. The physical properties and application of alumínium. The chemistry of aluminum. The chemistry of the production of aluminum. Aluminum oxides. Alkaline earth metalls, Alkaline metalls. 2 hours

Transition metals and their general properties: magnetic properties, spectra, complexing ability. The early transition metals (scandium group, titanium group, vanadium group. 2 hours

Chromium group. Physical properties of the elements and their use. The chemistry of the +3 and +6 oxidation states. Complexing properties in the +3 and zero oxidation states. The eighteen electron rule. Manganese and its oxidation states. 2 hours

Iron, cobalt and nickel. Magnetic properties. Iron containing complexes. Stability. The +2 and +3 oxidation states of iron. Complexes, and complex stabilities with different ligands. The chemistry of steel production. Carbonyl complexes of Fe, Co and Ni, and their use. Lighter and heavier elements of the platinum group. Square quadratic complexes. Interstitial hydrides and catalytic hydrogen activation. 2 hours

Copper group. Physical and redox properties. Gold. Complex formation. Oxidation states. Production and use  of the elements. The zinc group. Physical properties.  Organic compounds and toxicity, long time effects. F-elements, Lanthanides: Lanthanide-contraction and consequences on d-element properties.  2 hours