ECTS credits ECTS credits: 4.5
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 74.2 Hours of tutorials: 2.25 Expository Class: 18 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 112.45
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Inorganic Chemistry
Areas: Inorganic Chemistry
Center Faculty of Chemistry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
At the end of the course, the students are expected to be able to know the mechanisms of the most important inorganic reactions: substitution, electronic transfer and ligands. Furthermore, the student must know how to apply the concepts of organometallic chemistry, coordination chemistry and material chemistry to some important catalytic reactions.
Topic 1. Ligand substitution reactions.
Topic 2. Oxidative addition reactions.
Topic 3. Reductive elimination reactions.
Topic 4. Oxidative coupling reactions.
Topic 5. Insertion reactions.
Unit 6. Nucleophilic attack on ligands.
Unit 7. Electrophilic attack on ligands.
Unit 8. Catalysis.
Basic (reference manual):
-R. H. CABTREE, E. PERIS FAJARNÉS, “The Organometallic Chemistry of Transition Metals”, Publications of the Universitat Jaume I, 1997.
Complementary:
-G. O. Spessard, Gary L. Miessler, "Organometallic Chemistry" New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, cop. 1997
-General:
CG2 - That they be able to gather and interpret relevant data, information and results, obtain conclusions and issue reasoned reports on scientific, technological or other problems that require the use of knowledge of Chemistry.
CG3 - That they can apply both the theoretical-practical knowledge acquired and the capacity for analysis and abstraction in the definition and approach of problems and in the search for solutions in both academic and professional contexts.
CG4 - That they have the ability to communicate, both in writing and orally, knowledge, procedures, results and ideas in Chemistry to both a specialized and non-specialized audience.
CG5 - That they are able to study and learn autonomously, with organization of time and resources, new knowledge and techniques in any scientific or technological discipline.
-Specific:
CE4 - Know the main types of chemical reaction and their main associated characteristics.
CE11 - Understand the relationship between macroscopic properties and properties of individual atoms and molecules: including macromolecules (natural and synthetic), polymers, colloids and other materials.
CE13 - Be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories related to the areas of Chemistry.
CE15 - Be able to recognize and analyze new problems and plan strategies to solve them.
CE16 - Be able to evaluate and interpret data.
-Transversals.
CT6 - Carry out teamwork.
CT7 - Carry out interdisciplinary teamwork.
CT8 - Be able to work in an international context.
CT9 - Develop skills in interpersonal relationships.
CT10 - Acquire critical reasoning.
CT11 - Achieve ethical commitment.
A) Expository classes in large group: Lesson taught by the teacher that can have different formats (theory, problems and/or general examples, general guidelines of the subject ...). The teacher can count on the support of audiovisual and computer means, although the students do not need to manage them in class. Usually these classes will follow the contents of the reference manual indicated in the bibliography.
B) Seminars: Theoretical/practical class in which applications of the theory, problems, exercises are proposed and solved ... The student actively participates in these classes in different ways: delivery of exercises to the teacher (some of those proposed in problem bulletins that the teacher delivers the students with enough time), solving exercises in the classroom, etc. The teacher can count on the support of audiovisual and computer media, although the students will not handle them in class. Assessment tests are included, if any. Participation in the seminars will be evaluated. These seminars are theoretical/practical, although the theoretical questions developed in these classes are associated with exercises in the bulletins and are introduced interactively with the students. Due to this character, 13 hours have been assigned to seminary classes and not 6 as it appears in the allocation of ECTS credits. In any case, these classes are more focused on interaction with the student.
C) Small group tutoring: They will take 2 hours for each student. In these classes, students must present, debate or comment on those activities previously proposed by the teacher. The activities will be carried out individually or in groups as indicated by the teacher. Participation in the tutorials will be evaluated.
For the delivery of these classes 3 possible scenarios are proposed:
Scenario 1: adapted normality (without restrictions to physical attendance).
All the expository classes, seminars and tutorials will be taught in the classroom.
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on physical attendance).
The expository and seminar classes will be taught completely telematically, using the virtual classroom, Streaming and / or Teams if distancing is not possible, or 50% telematic teaching and 50% classroom teaching if distancing is combined it's possible.
The very small group blackboard tutorials will be taught electronically, using the virtual classroom, Streaming and / or Teams.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility of teaching face-to-face).
All classes will be taught electronically, using the virtual classroom and / or Teams.
The expository classes will be taught completely telematically, synchronously, using the virtual classroom and / or Teams. Depending on the student's Internet access possibilities, the teaching of the classes will be considered in Teams or PowerPoint presentations with audio will be made available to the students, with the same explanations that would be given in a face-to-face class.
The seminars will be delivered electronically (virtual classroom, Teams) with the same content as in scenario 1.
The tutorials will be taught electronically, using the virtual classroom and Teams.
The qualification of each student will be made through continuous evaluation and completion of a final test. The continuous evaluation will be done through written controls and participation in the classroom in seminars and tutorials. The evaluation should be based mainly on the completion of a final written test common to all students.
Rating distribution
(a) Exam: 60%
(b) Works and activities: 40% (30% Seminars/10% Tutorials)
The student's final grade is divided into three sections.
a) There will be an exam at the end of the semester in which the learning of the contents and the ability to solve problems individually will be assessed.
b) In the work carried out during the seminar sessions, the ability to solve problems individually or in groups will be evaluated.
c) In group tutoring, the capacity for analysis and synthesis and the ability to autonomously learn some specific question raised by the teacher will be evaluated.
The grades of the work, activities and tutorials will be communicated to the student before the exam.
The continuous evaluation will have a weight of 40% in the qualification of the subject and will consist of two components: interactive classes in a small group (seminars, 30%), interactive classes in a very small group (tutorials, 10%). The evaluation will be based on the face-to-face performance of the student. The delivery of any work is not expected.
To pass the course, you must obtain at least 50% of the overall grade. To obtain a final grade as a weighted average of the different sections, a minimum score of 40% will be required in the final exam.
The student's grade will not be lower than that of the final exam or that obtained by weighing it with continuous assessment.
Those students who do not appear for the final exam will be considered as “not presented”.
The teacher will analyze with those students who do not successfully pass the evaluation process, and so wish, all the details found in learning the subject contents.
Students who do not pass the subject in the First Chance will be evaluated with a Second Chance exam, which will consist of a global exam of the subject.
The evaluation of the skills acquired in the subject will be carried out through the following routes:
-Final exam: Knowledge acquired from the program (general competences CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5 and specific competences CE4, CE11, CE13, CE15, CE16).
-Attendance and participation in the expository and interactive classes (general competences CG2, CG3, CG4, CG5, specific competences CE4, CE11, CE13, CE15, CE16 and transversal competences CT6, CT7, CT8, CT9, CT10, CT11).
The assessment will be exactly the same regardless of the scenario. The only caveats to consider are:
Scenario 1: adapted normality (without restrictions on physical attendance)
-The exams will be face-to-face
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on physical attendance).
-The exams will be preferably telematic, through the virtual classroom, Teams or other platforms that the University enables for this purpose, although the possibility of conducting face-to-face exams will be valued as long as the regulations allow it and the distancing can be met.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility of teaching face-to-face).
-The exams will be telematic through the virtual classroom, Teams or other platforms that the University enables for this purpose.
For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the "Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of grades" will be applied.
Distribution of the training activity in ECTS credits:
Classroom work:
-Exhibition classes in large group: 28 hours.
-Interactive small group classes (Seminars): 6 hours.
-Tutorials: 2 hours.
Total hours of classroom work: 36 hours.
Personal work:
-Autonomous individual or group study: 46.5 hours.
-Preparation of tests and works: 12 hours.
Total hours of personal work of the student: 76.5 hours.
Total: 112.5 hours.
To continue this course with benefit, students have had to follow a general course in Inorganic Chemistry and another one in Organic Chemistry. Furthermore, they must be familiar with the preparation, structure and bonding of transition metal organometallic compounds. It is also important that they are familiar with the instrumental techniques, mainly IR and NMR, of structural determination of chemical compounds.
Equally:
a) It is advisable to attend the exhibition classes.
b) To establish a first contact with the contents of the topics, it is recommended to read the proposed textbooks.
c) Once you have finished reading a topic in the reference textbooks, it is useful to summarize the important points, making sure you know and understand the meaning of the concepts explained.
d) It is important to carry out the activities proposed by the teacher in the seminar classes and in the group tutorials.
Classes will be taught in Spanish.
CONTINGENCY PLAN
Teaching Methodology
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on physical attendance).
The expository and seminar classes will be taught completely telematically, using the virtual classroom, Streaming and/or Teams if distancing is not possible, or 50% telematic teaching and 50% classroom teaching if distancing is combined it's possible.
The tutorials will be delivered electronically, using the virtual classroom, Streaming and / or Teams.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility of teaching face-to-face).
All classes will be taught electronically, using the virtual classroom and / or Teams.
The expository classes will be taught completely telematically, synchronously, using the virtual classroom and / or Teams. Depending on the student's Internet access possibilities, the teaching of the classes will be considered in Teams or PowerPoint presentations with audio will be made available to the students, with the same explanations that would be given in a face-to-face class.
The seminars will be taught electronically (virtual classroom, Teams) with the same content as in scenario 1, with preferential participation of teachers from the master.
The tutorials will be taught electronically, using the virtual classroom and Teams.
Evaluation
The assessment will be exactly the same regardless of the scenario. The only caveats to consider are:
Scenario 2: distancing (with partial restrictions on physical attendance).
-The exams will be preferably telematic, through the virtual classroom, Teams or other platforms that the University enables for this purpose, although the possibility of conducting face-to-face exams will be valued as long as the regulations allow it and the distancing can be met.
Scenario 3: closure of the facilities (impossibility of teaching face-to-face).
-The exams will be telematic through the virtual classroom, Teams or other platforms that the University enables for this purpose.
Antonio Sousa Pedrares
Coordinador/a- Department
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Area
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Phone
- 881814240
- antonio.sousa.pedrares [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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