Inorganic Synthesis

Full course description

This skills will focus in the synthesis and analysis of inorganic compounds, focusing primarily on coordination compounds and their spectroscopy.
The students will be expected to become familiar to how to gather methodological and characterization results, and reported in a scientific manner adequate for further training.
From this practical, the students can expect to gain not only the proper habit of working in the laboratory for synthetic purposes, but also to familiarise themselves with calculations (preparatory and result-related) and with instrumentation. You can expect to be exposed to instruments and techniques you have not seen before, and understand how to get an understanding of your samples (even without having taken Spectroscopy!).

Report and proper plotting are an integral part of the laboratory experience, and you will be held to standards that will allow you to produce professional reports for future courses and projects.