Inorganic Chemistry Basic - MC240P29E
Title: Inorganic Chemistry Basic
Czech title: Základy anorganické chemie
Guaranteed by: Department of Inorganic Chemistry (31-240)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2020
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 3
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/1, C+Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Róbert Gyepes, Dr., Ph.D.
Teacher(s): doc. RNDr. Róbert Gyepes, Dr., Ph.D.
Incompatibility : MC240P21A, MC240P21B, MC240P29, MC240P40, MC240P56, MC240P57
Is incompatible with: MC240P56, MC240P57, MC240P29, MC240P21B, MC240P40, MC240P21A
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Annotation -
Atomic structure. The Schrödinger equation. Chemical bond. Molecular Orbital Theory. Molecular orbitals of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. Ionization energies. Hydrogen bonding and weak interactions. Shapes of molecules and molecular symmetry. Theoretical basis of the periodic table. Electronegativity. Radii of atom in covalent and ionic compounds. Systematic chemistry of elements. Main group elements. Coordination compounds - spectral and magnetic properties.

Upon completion, students are capable to provide the systematic naming of simple inorganic compounds. The are capable of devising simple symmetry elements on simple molecules. They understand the basics of periodicity, the simple theories of acids and bases.
Last update: Gyepes Róbert, doc. RNDr., Dr., Ph.D. (13.11.2023)
Literature -
  • N.N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw: Chemistry of the Elements, Elsevier, 1997, ISBN 978-0-7506-3365-9.
Last update: Gyepes Róbert, doc. RNDr., Dr., Ph.D. (26.05.2020)
Requirements to the exam -

There is one written test during the semester. The final examination consists of a written part followed by the oral part (combined form).

The final classification is taken as the average of both parts. The oral part will take place only upon passing the written part successfully.

Last update: Gyepes Róbert, doc. RNDr., Dr., Ph.D. (22.02.2024)
Syllabus -

Inorganic Chemistry (Course for Environmental Studies)


General part:

  1. Atomic structure, former and actual theories, wave mechanics, Schrödinger equation.

  2. Quantum numbers, orbitals, their shapes, nodal faces

  3. Chemical bond, types of bonds

  4. Covalent bond, valence bond theory, hybridization

  5. Molecular orbitals theory

  6. Valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR)

  7. Ionic bond and structural types of ionic crystals

  8. Metal bond

  9. Weak bonding interactions

  10. Theory of acids and bases

  11. Oxidation and reduction, electrode potentials, electrochemical series

  12. Ligand field theory, d-orbitals splitting in the field of octahedral, tetrahedral and square planar symmetry


Systematical part:

  1. Hydrogen and oxygen

  2. Halides: elements, group characterization, oxygenfree compounds

  3. Halides: oxides, oxoacids and their salts

  4. Chalcogenides: elements, group characterzation, oxygenfree compounds

  5. Oxoacids of sulfur, selenium and tellurium and their salts

  6. N-group elemets: group characterization, oxygenfree compounds

  7. Oxides and oxoacids of nitrogen and their salts

  8. Oxides and oxoacids of phosphorus and their salts

  9. Carbon-group elements

  10. Boron-group elements

  11. Alkaline metals

  12. Alkaline earths metals

  13. The first transition group elements, common oxidation states and their colours

  14. The second and the third transition group elements, common oxidation states and their colours

  15. Chromium group elements and manganese

  16. Iron, cobalt and nickel

  17. Copper group elements


Last update: Kubíček Vojtěch, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (08.10.2013)