General and Inorganic chemistry with Basics of Organic Chemistry

Module General and Inorganic Chemistry

Candidates should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:  scientific phenomena, facts, laws, definitions, concepts and theories • scientific vocabulary, terminology and conventions (including symbols, quantities and units).

Furthermore, in reference to the so-called Dublin Descriptors, this course helps to acquire the following transversal skills.

Candidates should be able, in words or using other written forms of presentation (i.e. symbolic, graphical and numerical), to:

• locate, select, organise and present information from a variety of sources

• translate information from one form to another

• manipulate numerical and other data

• present reasoned explanations for phenomena

• make predictions and hypotheses

• solve problems, including some of a quantitative nature.

Course structure includes frontal, collaborative and/or cooperative lessons.  Group works and individual research projects will be also encouraged.

Should the circumstances require online or blended teaching, appropriate modifications to what is hereby stated may be introduced, in order to achieve the main objectives of the course.

Topics of the course are:

The particular nature of the matter- Stoichiometry - Determination of relative atomic mass and relative molecular mass of atoms, molecules, and ions. Chemical equations and calculations based upon stoichiometry and the mole concept. Avogadro's hypothesis and calculations based on these concepts. Dalton's Law of partial pressures. Atomic structure and periodicity - A detailed understanding of the periodic table and the structure of the elements with reference to electron configuration, use of the periodic table to predict properties of elements and bonding behavior. General trends in ionization energies, electron affinities, etc. Bonding - The nature of covalent and ionic bonds, and the properties of compounds exhibiting these types of bonding. Simple Lewis structures and VSEPR theory. Oxidation and Reduction - Common oxidizing and reducing agents, balancing redox equations, the concept of oxidation number.  Gases and gas laws - Properties and behavior of ideal gases. Liquids. Solids. Changes of State. Chemical Equilibrium - Equilibrium constants, simple problems on gas equilibria, including the application of Le Chatelier's Principle. Simple equilibria in solution. Catalysis and rates of reaction. Acids bases and pH - Concept of Lowry Bronsted acids and bases, Kw, pH, pKa, pKb. Calculations based upon pH for simple systems. Main group elements sp - A basic systematic knowledge of the chemistry of main group elements.

Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity by Kotz, John C., Treichel, Paul M., Townsend, John, Treichel, David. A.