Code: | Q3011 | Acronym: | Q3011 | Level: | 300 |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Chemistry |
Active? | No |
Responsible unit: | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Course/CS Responsible: | Bachelor in Chemistry |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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L:Q | 0 | study plan from 2016/17 | 3 | - | 6 | 56 | 162 |
Theory Classes
1 Complementary aspects of transition metal chemistry: elements of block d and f. Structure and isomerism; chemical bonding models (revision).
2 Elements and symmetry operations; applications.
3 Electronic spectroscopy; luminescence; magnetic properties.
4 Organometallic chemistry. Structure, ligand types and reactivity of organometallic compounds - valence layer electron counting.
5 General principles of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Enantioselective catalysis. Examples of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic cycles with industrial relevance.
6 Lanthanides.Practice classes
1 Problem solving on the subjects taught in lectures.
2 The laboratory classes have as programmatic objective the execution of small laboratory projects, for synthesis and characterization of transition metal compounds and their immobilization in materials. Several physicochemical techniques will be used to characterize the transition metal compounds and their materials. List of projects to be carried out:
Project 1: Synthesis and characterization of Cu(II) complex with acetylacetonate. Preparation of magnetic nanoparticles. Immobilization of Cu(II) complexes in the prepared nanomaterials.
Project 2: Synthesis and characterization of the VO(II) complex with acetylacetonate. Immobilization of metal complexes in functionalized silica.
Project 3: Synthesis and characterization of [Mn(porphyrin)]. Immobilization on carbon nanotubes (CNTs).
Project 4: Synthesis and characterization of a Ni(II) complex. Immobilization of a [Ni(salen)] in zeolite NaY.
Project 5: Synthesis and characterization of multinuclear macrocyclic complexes of Fe(II) and Cu(II) (metallacrowns).
Project 6: Preparation and characterization of a [Mn(salen)] complex. Immobilization on bentonite clay.
Project 7: Synthesis and characterization of Cu(II) complexes. Immobilization of [Cu(salen)] in a mesoporous carbon material (CMK-3).
At the end of the lab classes students have to write a report about the work done and have to give a 10 min oral presentation about the work done. Students are required to use the English language to make oral presentation slides and whenever possible to make oral presentation in English.
designation | Weight (%) |
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Participação presencial | 10,00 |
Exame | 50,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 40,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 106,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 28,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 28,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Admission to written exam is only possible for students who have not missed more than 1/4 of the number of scheduled practical classes and have a final practical classification higher than 9.5.
The assessment of student achievement in the Advanced Inorganic Chemistry course is made by three components:
1A Written exam lasting 2 hours in the normal and / or special season: 60%. In the exam students cannot have a grade lower than 8.0.
2 Experimental work: 40%. The Practical Note (NP) has 3 components with different weights: the Practical Information (IP), Report (R) and Oral Presentation (AO), according to the following algorithm: NP = 0.3 × IP + 0.35 × R + 0.35 × AO. The practical grade cannot be less than 9.5.
3 Case studies: students participatrion in case studies: 10%
The written exam may be replaced by the completion of TWO tests during the academic semester:
1B Two tests of 2 hours each, to be held during the academic semester, one of them coinciding with the date of the written exam. The weight is identical: 50%. The average grade of the two tests cannot be lower than 8.0.
Final grade TEQI = 50% Final exam + 40% Practice information + 10% case studies.
1 Lab project report and oral presentation
2 Oral problem-solving presentations in theoretical and pratical classes
If student-workers do not attend laboratory and problem-solving classes, they will have to take a final exam and a practical exam during normal and special seasons.
The final grade will be: 60% final exam + 40% practical exam.
If the working student has practical attendance, he / she goes to the ordinary students' evaluation regime.
Final exam in the normal or special season
There are no precedents required, but students are advised to have finished the Inorganic Chemistry course (Q2004)