Special Topics of Inorganic Chemistry

Course Information
TitleΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ ΑΝΟΡΓΑΝΗΣ ΧΗΜΕΙΑΣ / Special Topics of Inorganic Chemistry
CodeΥΧΑ401
FacultySciences
SchoolChemistry
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodSpring
CommonYes
StatusActive
Course ID40000982

Programme of Study: PROGRAMMA SPOUDŌN 1994-1998

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
GENIKĪS KAI ANORGANĪS CΗĪMEIASCompulsory Course74
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Class Information
Academic Year2018 – 2019
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Class ID
600124304
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Scientific Area
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course students will: •be able to understant the role of metals in evolution of life and their significance in biological systems. •acquire the ability for selective use of their own general knowledge in order to interpret a chemical phenomenon or a given complex process. •be able to understand the chemical behavior of organometallic compounds and their role in industrial catalytic processes. •be able to collect, evaluate, organize and present orally scientific information.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
Course Content (Syllabus)
Evolution of Life; evolution states and homeostasis; Creation of biological systems; Redox potential and bioelements; The role of metal ions in biological systems; Uptake selection of trace elements; Trace elements in vivo. Synergistic and antagonistic effects of trace metal ions. Interaction of metals with drugs. Elements and compounds used as drugs. Coordination compounds in vivo. Bioinorganic chemistry and applications; Metalloenzymes. Ιron in vivo (metalloproteins, electron transfer, oxygen transfer, iron uptake and storage). Molybdenum in vivo. The role of molybdenum and iron in nitrogenase. Manganese in vivo and its role on the oxygen evolving complex in photosystem II. General principles of organοmetallic chemistry. Characteristics properties of organometallic compounds. Formation of M-C bonds. Structure and reactivity of selected classes of organometallic compounds. The role of organometallic compounds in reactions with industry applications. Organic reactions catalyzed by metals. Catalytic hydrogenation and oxidation. Mo and Ru as catalysts in alkene metathesis.
Keywords
Bioelements, Trace elements, Metalloenzymes, Organometallic compounds, Catalysis
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures26
Total26
Student Assessment
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
"Βιοανόργανη Χημεία", Κεσίσογλου Δημήτριος, Γ. Ψωμάς, Κωδικός 11454, ISBN 978-960-456-264-0.
Additional bibliography for study
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Last Update
19-09-2013