UPDATED INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC LABORATORY COURSE FOR JUNIOR CHEMISTRY STUDENTS

Abstract

An advanced inorganic and organometallic laboratory programme has been worked out for junior students. The laboratory exercises were selected to provide an introduction for the students to the different techniques and compound classes of inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Emphasis was also put on the improvement of the students’ verbal and written communication skills through laboratory reports and short talks. The student responses to the programme consisting of twelve groups of experiments were favourable. [Chem. Educ. Res. Pract. Eur.: 2000, 1, 179-182]