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This document outlines the course details for Inorganic Chemistry, including the course description, objectives, content, and assessment breakdown. The course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical bonding, and the descriptive chemistry of main group elements, transition metals, and coordination compounds. The course is divided into 7 units covering topics like atomic theory, ionic solids, acid-base theories, and the structure and properties of various elements and compounds. Students will be evaluated through continuous assessments, midterm and final exams.

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Course Outline For Weekend Students

This document outlines the course details for Inorganic Chemistry, including the course description, objectives, content, and assessment breakdown. The course aims to provide students with a basic understanding of atomic structure, the periodic table, chemical bonding, and the descriptive chemistry of main group elements, transition metals, and coordination compounds. The course is divided into 7 units covering topics like atomic theory, ionic solids, acid-base theories, and the structure and properties of various elements and compounds. Students will be evaluated through continuous assessments, midterm and final exams.

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Wachemo University

Faculty of Natural and Computational Sciences


Department of chemistry
Course Outline of Inorganic Chemistry
Program: BSc. in Biology
Course Title: Inorganic Chemistry
Course Code: Chem.2101
Cr.Hr: 3 Crs.Hr/week
Instructor:Mihretu M.
Academic Year: 2014 E.C
Class Year: II
Semester: II
I. Course description
This course will help learners to have a deep understanding of their area of specialization by providing basic
knowledge of structure of atoms and molecules, basic knowledge of all elements and their compounds.
II. Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the students would be able to:
 discuss the current view of atomic structure
 relate electronic configuration to the classification of elements in the periodic table and their
properties;
 explain the basic concepts of chemical bonding
 have the general overview of the descriptive chemistry of hydrogen, main group elements and
organometallic compounds
 describe acid-base concepts based on different theories and
 have the general overview of the descriptive chemistry of transition elements, inner transition
elements and name coordination compounds.
III. Course Content
Unit 1. Atomic theory
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Law of chemical combination
1.2.1 Conservation of mass
1.2.2 Definite composition
1.2.3 Multiple proportions
Unit 2. Structure of ionic solids
2.1 Radius ratio rules
2.2 Close packing
2.3 Classification of ionic structures (AX, AX2)
Unit 3. Acid-base theories and the solvent system
Unit 4. Atomic structure
4.1 Atomic spectra of hydrogen
4.2 Atomic model (Bohr Theory of the atom)
4.3 Bohrs’theory
4.4 Quantum numbers
Unit 5. Chemical bonding and Structure
5.1 Introduction to bonding
5.1.1 Purpose of bond formation
5.1.2 Types of bonds
5.1.2.1 The Ionic bond
5.1.2.2 The covalent bonds

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5.1.2.2.1 Lewis Theory
5.1.2.2.2 Sidwick Powell Theory
5.1.2.2.3 Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPRT)
5.1.2.2.4 Valence bond theory
5.1.2.2.5 Molecular orbital theory (MO)
5.1.2.2.5.1 LCAO method
5.1.2.2.5.2 Rules of LCAOs
5.1.2.2.5.3 MO treatment for Homonuclear & Heteronuclear diatomic molecules
5.1.2.3 The metallic Bond
5.1.2.3.1 General properties of metals
5.1.2.3.2 Metallic Bonding
Unit 6. Chemistry of main group elements
6.1 Chemistry of hydrogen
6.2 General properties of the elements
6.2.1 .Size, Ionization energies, Electron affinity, Electronegativity, Polarizing power
6.2.2. Polarizability-Fajan’s rule, Metallic character, Variable valency
6.2.3. Diagonal relationships in the periodic table
6.3. Descriptive chemistry of representative elements
6.3.1. S-block elements
6.3.2. P-block elements
Unit 7. The Chemistry of transition elements
7.1 Physical and chemical properties
7.2 Size, Melting & boiling point, Ionization energy, Oxidation state, Color, Magnetic property ,catalytic
property, ability to form compounds
7.3 Bonding in transition metal complexes
7.3.1 Crystal field theory (CFT)
7.3.2 Octahedral complexes
7.3.3. Tetrahedral complexes
7.3.4. Color of transition metal compounds
7.3.3. Nomenclature of coordination compounds
7.3.4. Isomerism of coordination compounds
7.4 Descriptive chemistry selected transition elements
IV. Mode of assessment
Assessment Breakdown %
continuous assessment (tests, quiz and assignments) 30
Mid Exam. 20
End of Semester Exam. 50

V. Reference
1. J.D. Lee, A new concise inorganic chemistry, 3rd or 5th ed.,
2. K.N. Upadhyaya, A text book of inorganic chemistry, 3rd ed.,
3. A.G. Sharpe, Inorganic chemistry, 3rd ed.,
4. J.E. Huheey, Inorganic chemistry principles of structure and reactivity,
5. G.I. Brown, Introduction to inorganic chemistry,
6. R. Kapoor, S.K.Vasisht and R.S. Chopra, Inorganic chemistry,

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