ID:
500566
Duration (hours):
48
CFU:
6
SSD:
CHIMICA GENERALE E INORGANICA
Year:
2025
Overview
Date/time interval
Secondo Semestre (02/03/2026 - 12/06/2026)
Syllabus
Course Objectives
Students, once passed the course, will know the properties and reactivity of compounds containing transition metal ions with respect to: the electronic and geometric characteristics, catalytic properties (NHC complexes, cyclometalates for reactions e.g. Grubbs, Schrock catalysts, Copper and Ruthenium complexes for click reactions), the mechanisms of ligand substitution, electron transfer processes, photophysical and photochemical activity. They will be able to design new (supra)molecular systems for the sensing of ionic species, for the controlled movement, for developing signals.
Course Prerequisites
student are requested to have the basi knowldeges which are usually gained with a fisrt level Chemsitry degree
Teaching Methods
frontal lessons
Assessment Methods
oral exam will be focused on the aspects of advanced inorganic chemistry (coordination chemistry, metal-ligand interaction, reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry, photophysics of transition metal complexes, metal carbenes complexes, inorganic supramolecular chemistry)
Texts
The didactic material will be provided to students in the form of .pdf files.
In particular, the detailed program (about 160 pages), with figures and bibliographic references, will be provided to students during the course. References will be also reported in the pdf file. For inorganic chemistry and coordination chemistry topics, the following texts are suggested:
1. Chimica Inorganica di Atkins, Zanichelli
2. Miessler e Tarr. Chimica Inorganica, Piccin
In particular, the detailed program (about 160 pages), with figures and bibliographic references, will be provided to students during the course. References will be also reported in the pdf file. For inorganic chemistry and coordination chemistry topics, the following texts are suggested:
1. Chimica Inorganica di Atkins, Zanichelli
2. Miessler e Tarr. Chimica Inorganica, Piccin
Contents
The intermolecular interactions: hydrogen and halogen bond, σ and π donator-acceptor, metal-to-ligand. Crystal Field Theory and molecular orbital theory. C-based ligands, with species focus on carbene-metal complexes. Organic reactions based on metal complexes as catalysts. Mechanisms of Grubbs, Schrock catalysts. Cu(I) and Ru(II) complexes as catalysts in cycloaddition reactions. Cyclometalation. Mechanisms of substitution at the metal center. Lability and inertia of coordination compounds. Electron transfer processes: inner and outer sphere electron transfer. The Marcus theory. Absorption and emission spectroscopies. Fluorescence and phosphorescence. Ligand-centered and charge transfer excited states. Photo-induced electron transfer and energy transfer. Inorganic photochemistry. The complex [RuII (bpy) 3] 2+ as photosensitizer. The molecular design of fluorescent sensors for metal ions, anions and amino acids. Elements of molecular logic. The coordination chemistry of anions: the interaction between receptor and anion, the metal-ligand interactions and hydrogen bonding. The template synthesis of rings, cages, rotaxanes, catenanes, propellers, grids. Notions of inorganic supramolecular chemistry. The control of the molecular movements: rotaxanes two stations, catenanes with no equivalent rings, scorpionates. molecular movements connected to photo-isomerization.
Course Language
Italian
Degrees
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CHEMISTRY
Master’s Degree
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