Information Package / Course Catalogue
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Course Code: KİM531
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course is to give the students a basic understanding to theoretical inorganic chemistry and to apply this understanding to problem solving involving critical thinking. This basic understanding is to prepare the students for additional coursework, either in chemistry or in other disciplines, and to help the student function in a technological society.

Course Content

Fundamentals, atom, molecule, chemical bond, binding in polyatomic molecules, structrures and energy of metallic and ionic solids, acids and bases, chemistry of metals, coordination compounds.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Muhammet Emin GÜNAY
Learning Outcomes
1.to be able to apply the basic principles of quantum mechanics to determine electron configurations of atoms and ions.
2.to be able to understand and demonstrate the basic principles of periodicity.
3.to be able to recognize and demonstrate the basic principles of the structure determination of inorganic compound.
4.to be able to recognize the principles of chemical bonding (covalent-, ionic-, metallic-bond).
5.to be able to recognize the basic principles of acid-base chemistry and non-aqueous solvents.
6.to be able to recognize the basic principles of metals.
7.to be able to recognize the basic principles of metals.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Inorganic Chemistry, Third Edition, C. E. Housecroft, A. G. Sharpe, Pearson Edu. Ltd. (2008) London.
2.Inorganic Chemistry, Shriver & Atkins’, Oxford (2010).
3.İnorganik Kimya I,II, Prof. Dr. Cemal Kaya, Palme Yayıncılılık (2011).
4.Miessler, G. L., Tarr, D. A. (Çeviri Editörleri: Karacan, N., Gürkan, P.) İnorganik Kimya, Palme Yayınları-Ankara (2002)
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Basic concepts: atoms, periodic table, molecules
Week 2 - Theoretical
Bonding models: Lewis structure, octet rule and isoelectronic species
Week 3 - Theoretical
Molecular shape and the VSEPR model, stereoisomerism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Bonding models: valence bond theory
Week 5 - Theoretical
Bonding models: molecular orbital theory
Week 6 - Theoretical
Bonding in polyatomic molecules
Week 7 - Theoretical
Structure and energetics of metallic and ionic solids: packing of sphere, polymorphism in metals, alloys and intermetallic compounds, bonding in metals and semiconductors
Week 8 - Theoretical
Structure and energetics of metallic and ionic solids:, ionic lattice, lattice energy, the Born-Haber cycle (Midterm Exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
Acids-bases
Week 10 - Theoretical
d-block metal chemistry, Coordination numbers and geometries
Week 11 - Theoretical
Bonding in d-block metal complexes: valence bond theory
Week 12 - Theoretical
Bonding in d-block metal complexes: crystal field theory
Week 13 - Theoretical
Bonding in d-block metal complexes: molecular orbital theory
Week 14 - Theoretical
Electronic spectra of the coordination compounds
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Assignment4%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Reading45540
Individual Work451060
Midterm Examination122224
Final Examination132234
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
3
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
OÇ-4
OÇ-5
OÇ-6
OÇ-7
3
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2026