Subject Code: CY7L008	Subject Name: Advanced Main Group Chemistry	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Structure and Bonding in main group compounds including Hypervalency and Multiple Bond. Recent advances in the coordination, redox, organometallic and cluster chemistry of main group elements. Elements to cover: – Group 1 (Li, Na), Group 2 (Mg), Group 13 (B, Al, In), Group 14 (Si, Sn, Pb), Group 15 (P, As, Sb, Bi), Group 16 (Se, Te). Recent examples of organic synthesis via main group elements with a focus on C-C bond formation and design of asymmetric ligands. Bioinorganic chemistry of main group elements. Text/ Reference Books: Cotton F. A. and Wilkinson G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley-Eastern Company. Huhee J. E. Inorganic Chemistry. Shriver & Atkins, Inorganic Chemistry. House J. E. Inorganic Chemistry, Elsevier.