Cotton University M.Sc. Chemistry*3rd Sem Syllabus

P.G. 3rd SEMESTER SYLLABUS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
COTTON UNIVERSITY
PAPER : CHM 901C
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY- III
(Credits: 3+1+0=4)
Theory: 60 Lectures

Unit 1: Inorganic Chains, rings, cages and clusters (15 Lectures)
Catenation, Heterocatenation, Zeolites, Intercalation , Structure and bonding in borazine, phosphazenes, polyhedral boranes, carboranes, metalloboranes and metallocarboranes, Styx notation, Wade‘s rules, Synthesis and electron count in polyhedral boranes. Inorganic clathrates.
Synthesis and bonding in metal clusters. Metal-metal quadruple bonding in Re2Cl8 2-.

Unit 2: Bio Inorganic Chemistry (15 Lectures)
Active ion transport across cell membrane: Na+/K+ Pump, Oxygen: binding, transport and utilization, Photosynthesis, Nitrogen Fixation, Metalloenzymes: Haemoglobin, Myoglobin, Catalase, Peroxidase, Superoxide Dismutase, Cytochrome P-450. Nitrogenase, Chlorophyll, Carboxypeptidase, Carbonic anhydrase, Coenzyme Vitamin B12, Xanthine Oxidase, Metal Complexes in Medicine.

Unit 3: Nuclear and Radio Chemistry (15 Lectures)
Radioactive decay processes, half-lives, auger effect. Nuclear reactions – notations, comparison with chemical reactions, types of nuclear reactions, reaction cross section, mechanism of nuclear reactions. Radiation detection & measurements, Geiger-Muller and
Scintillation counters, applications of radioisotopes as tracers (reaction mechanism, structure determination, activation analysis, isotope dilution technique, age determination)

Unit 4: Inorganic materials (15 Lectures)
Superconducting materials: discovery, magnetic properties, theory, examples and uses of high temperature superconductors.
Nanomaterials: concept, novel optical and magnetic properties, synthesis,
characterization techniques and applications.

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