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SASTRA Deemed to be University M.Sc. (Chemistry)

UNIT – IV 15 Hours
INORGANIC SPECTROSCOPY - I
Electronic spectra of coordination complexes: Beer-Lambert law, term symbols, selection
rules. Octahedral complexes: Orgel and Tanabe–Sugano diagram, Jahn–Teller distortions,
calculation of Dq, B, Nephelauxetic ratio. Tetrahedral complexes: Charge transfer (LMCT,
MLCT).

IR and Raman spectroscopy: Vibrational modes, group frequencies of infrared systems,
factors affecting the group frequencies, IR spectra of coordination compounds. Changes in
ligand vibration on coordination with metal ions.IR spectra of carbonyl and phosphine ligands.

UNIT – V 15 Hours
INORGANIC SPECTROSCOPY - II
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Nuclear spectroscopy: H, C, B, B, F, P, NMR - number of signals, spin-spin splitting
(homo- and hetero); Fluxional behaviour, NMR shift reagents, contact and pseudo-contact
shifts.

ESR spectra of metal complexes: Hyperfine splitting and zero field splitting and Kramers
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degeneracy. Application to Cu(II) complexes and inorganic free radicals such as PH4, F2
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and [BH3] .

Mossbauer Spectroscopy: Fe and 119 Sn Mossbauer spectroscopy, basic principles, spectral
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parameters and spectrum display.

Spectroscopic methods for optically active complexes: Optical rotatory dispersion (ORD),
positive and negative cotton effect, circular dichroism (CD).

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