C10K [CHEM1902] INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY B
(6 Credits) Semester 2 Level I

Pre-requisites: C06J and C06K, or GCE A-level Chemistry or CAPE Chemistry.

Syllabus:

A detailed study of Main Group elements based on their position in the Periodic Table. The properties of oxygen and its compounds. Coordination compounds of First Row Transition Elements and their stereochemical features. Introduction to Crystal Field Theory. Stability of metal complexes. Isomerism.

Thermodynamics – introduction to meaning and uses of Internal Energy, Enthalpy, Entropy and Gibbs Energy to ideal gas processes and chemical reactions. Electro- chemistry of cells, Nernst Equation. Kinetics; order, molecularity and rate equations. Enthalpy and Entropy of activation.

Synthesis and Reactions of functionalised organic compounds. Introduction to Aromatic Chemistry.

A practical course of 72 hours.c10j

Evaluation:

Two 2-hour written papers 75%

In course test 10%

Practical Work 15%

Practical work is assessed throughout the duration of the course. Students whose practical work is considered to be unsatisfactory are required to sit a practical examination of not more than six hours duration. Candidates must provide the ORIGINAL worksheets of their laboratory work at the practical examination. These must be certified by the laboratory course Supervisor and may be taken into consideration by the Examiners.

oth C10J and C10K must be successfully completed before students can proceed to Part II courses in Chemistry.