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Inorganic Chemistry - CHEM3031
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Faculty: Faculty of Science
 
 
School:  School of Chemistry
 
 
Course Outline: http://www.chem.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: CHEM2031 or CHEM2839
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course provides students with an understanding of the structure and function of metal complexes, with a particular emphasis on recent developments and applications of these complexes in industry and research. The course has four major components: (a) Metal complexes –fundamental theory, strucure, spectroscopy and magnetism (b) Mechanisms in inorganic reactions, (c) An introduction to organometallic chemistry and catalysis and (d) Bioinorganic chemistry – the reaction chemistry of metalloenzymes.

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