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Available courses

Lecture 1

 

Theories of acids and bases- Lowry- Bronsted concept, conjugate acid –base pairs, amphiprotic substances, relative strengths of acid base pairs

 

Lecture 2

 

Solvent system concept of acids and bases, examples. Lewis concept- types of molecules or species that can act as Lewis acids and Lewis bases

Lecture 3

 

Pearson’s Hard and Soft Acid- Base concept. Characteristics of hard and soft acids and bases, HSAB principle. Applications of HSAB principle- stability of complexes, prediction of coordination in complexes of ambidentate ligands, predicting feasibility of a reaction, prediction of hardness and softness

Lecture 4

 

Solvent properties- liquid range, dielectric constant, solvent polarity, classification of solvents. Protic solvents – autoionisation of protic solvents (H2O, liq. NH3). Aprotic solvents –classification with examples. Molten salts - Classification with examples for each, and uses

Lecture 5 &6

 

Levelling effect of solvents- explanation, levelling solvents and differentiating solvents. Liquid NH3- autoionisation, acid-base reactions, solvation, solvolysis (comparison with H2O in each case).

Lecture 7

 

(self-study), Solutions of alkali metals in liquid ammonia. Advantages and disadvantages of liq. NH3 solvent. Liquid SO2 as solvent- autoionisation and acid base reactions.

 

Lecture 8

 

Anhydrous HF- autoionisation, acid-base reactions. Superacids- Hammet acidity function (equation is not required). Examples of superacids. Application of superacids

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