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.
• account for the main technical applications of the elements.
• describe and rationalize the most important periodic variations in the chemical and physical properties of the elements and their compounds.
• apply the most common models applied to descriptive inorganic chemistry
• account for the interplay between molecular and electronic structure for inorganic compounds.
• account for important mechanistic aspects of inorganic reactivity.
• account for the most important binary compounds for all elements.
• account for the most important coordination compounds of the d-elements.
• account for the chemistry of Lanthanoids and Actinoids at a general level.