Coordination chemistry WM-CH-478

chemistry of complexes
introduction, definitions, geometric structures, isomerism
crystal field theory
stability constants, chelate and macrocyclic effects, interpretations
formal oxidations states, electron count of central metal atoms (ions), examples
introduction of molecular orbital theory into description of electronic structure of complexes, examples of octa- and tetrahedral complexes
pi-complexes, description using the example of metal carbonyl complexes
reactivity of ligands in the complexed state, activation of CO and ligands containing this moiety
ligand substitution reactions, mechanisms, examples, reaction orders
redox reactions in coordination complexes, mechanisms, examples
introduction to organometallic chemistry, comparison to coordination complexes
intermetallic bonding, bond orders exceeding 3
functions of coordination complexes: redox processes, ion transport, catalysis
introduction to bioinorganic chemistry, the range of functionalities involving coordination complexes
oxygen capture and transport in living organisms, haemo/myoglobin system and blue proteins
redox processes, example of cytochrome 450, complexes in photosynthetic systems
supramolecular chemistry, coordination complexes in it