Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

CHM 424 — Coordination Chemistry

CHM department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• define coordination compounds
• recognise coordination compounds and their application
• identify the nomenclature, coordination formula and isomerism in complexes
• explain the stereochemistry of complex molecules
• identify theories of bonding: Werner, valence bond, crystal field/ligand field and molecular bond theories
• discuss their advantages, disadvantages, and their limitations

Course contents

Prerequisite: CHM 302 Definition, recognition and applications of co-ordination compounds. Nomenclature, co-ordination formula and isomerism in complexes. Stereochemistry of complex molecules. Theories of structure and bonding. Physical methods of structural investigation. Magnetic properties. Absorption and vibrational spectra.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study CHM 424.

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