This course will be conducted by E. D. Jemmis and A. Mondal (SSCU). EDJ would engage the main group part in Oct-Nov (Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11.00 AM-12.00 noon, SSCU auditorium. First lecture on Monday, 3rd October 2022).
A sketch of the topics for the main group part with recommended books: hydrogen and its compounds - ionic, covalent, and metallic hydrides, hydrogen bonding; chemistry of lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and halogen groups; chains, rings, and cage compounds. We would have many selections from recent literature to relate the classroom material to the recent research results. These form an integral part of the course.
We have two exams and some assignments during the two months (October-November 2022). Traditionally the exams in this part of the course are of "open notes" kind and of two hour duration, but anyone needing extra time will be given extra time freely. Each exam will carry 20 points weightage and the assignments 10 points. First Exam is on Tuesday 1st November 2022, at 6.00PM-8.00PM. Second exam, which will include all materials of October and November, will be on 29th November, 2022, 6.00PM-8.00PM. We have free-for-all tutorials occasionally. Attendance is not compulsory for the tutorials. The Institute insists that attendance is compulsory for the regular classes.
Recommended Text Books and Reading Materials : Most of these books are available as paper back edition and purchase is recommended.
1. Shriver and Atkins Inorganic Chemistry by: Atkins, Overton, Rourke, Weller and Armstrong, Fifth Edition. South Asia Edition (paper back), Oxford University Press, 2010.
2. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th edition, by: Manfred Bochmann, F. Albert Cotton, Geoffrey Wilkinson, Carlos A. Murilla Wiley Student Edition, NY, 2007
4. For Walsh Diagram and related reading:Orbital Interactions in Chemistry by: T.A. Albright, J.K. Burdett and M. Whangbo, Academic Press. 2010.
5. A picture book that appears as an over-simplified version of the above text came out in 1972, with the title: Organic Chemists Book of Orbitals, by W. L. Jorgenson and L. Salem, also from Academic Press. This helps in generating MOs of molecular fragments.
6. For Introductory Group Theory and Walsh Diagram: Chapter 14th of Quantum Chemistry by: John P. Lowe and Kirk A. Peterson
7. The Chemistry of the p-Block Elements, Anil Elias, Universities Press, 2019
Most books are available at JRD Tata Memorial Library.
Special Public Lecture on Benzene to Boron without Alchemy by Professor Eluvathingal D. Jemmis.
Further reading materials will be suggested during the course.
Office: B304, NCS Building, Ph. 2293-3347, 9483598097. You may also send an email for appointment: (jemmis@iisc.ac.in). For further information please see. Teaching Assistants: Subhajit, NCS (C116) Ph. 7001340792, 080-2293-3685; Mayurika, NCS, 705935263.