Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

Competences:
Communication of descriptive inorganic chemistry and important models applied to inorganic chemistry in writing as well as orally. The ability to read, analyze and judge forefront literature in inorganic and coordination chemistry.

Knowledge:
an in depth knowledge of the chemistry of the main group and transition elements and a general knowledge about the chemistry of the f-block elements.  
An operational knowledge of important models applied in descriptive inorganic chemistry

Skills:

- being able to account for the natural occurence of the elements.

- being able to account for the main technical applications of the elements.

- being able to describe and rationalize the most important periodic variations in the chemical and physical properties of the elements and their compounds.

- being able to apply the most common models applied to descriptive inorganic chemistry

- being able to account for the interplay between molecular and electronic structure for inorganic compounds.

- being able to account for important mechanistic aspects of inorganic reactivity.

- being able to account for the most important binary compounds for all elements.

- being able to account for the most important coordination compounds of the d-elements.

- being able to account for the chemistry of Lanthanoids and Actinoids at a general level.