1. Molecular Orbital Theory of Covalent Compounds...........7
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Limitations of Valence Bond Theory (VBT)
1.3 Concept of molecular orbitals, Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) principle and rules,
1.4 Bonding combinations of AOs: s-s, s-p, p-p and d-d
1.5 Types of molecular orbitals: Bonding, anti-bonding, non-bonding
1.6 MO Energy level diagrams for homonuclear diatomic molecules, Bond order, existence, energy (β) and magnetic behaviour of molecules or ions: H2, H2+, He2+, Li2, Be2, B2, C2, N2, O2, O2+, O2-, O22-, F2 and Ne2
1.7 MO energy level diagrams for heteronuclear diatomic molecules: CO and HF.
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2. Molecular Orbital Theory for Coordination Complexes......................41
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Electroneutrality principle. Nephelauxetic effect and need of MOT over VBT and CFT for explaining M-L bonding,
2.3 Assumptions of MOT for coordination complexes and formation of MOs w.r.t. bonding, antibonding, and non-bonding MOs
2.4 MO energy level diagrams for octahedral complexes with σ-bond:
2.5 H.S. (High spin) and L.S. (Low spin) complexes, effect of π bonding on MO diagram
2.6 Charge transfer Spectra.
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3. Chemistry of d and f-block Elements...................63
3.1 d-Block elements
3.2 f-block Elements as Lanthanide and Actinide
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4. Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis................93
4.1 Introduction
4.2 CO as a π-acid donor ligand
4.3 Binary metal carbonyl compounds
4.4 Synthesis of Metal Carbonyls
4.5 Hapticity
4.6. Molecular and electronic structures of binary metal carbonyls- Electron count in complexes (18 electron rule)
4.7 Chemistry of Ferrocene
4.8 Applications of organometallic compounds in industrial catalysis (list of examples).
4.9 Introduction to Catalysis
4.10 Types of catalysis
4.11 Homogeneous catalysis: importance of catalysis in the synthesis of high value chemicals
4.12 Catalytic cycles