X-ray Structural Analysis   (181H2)

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

Study programs:

Teacher:

Tamara R. Todorović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

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Hours of instruction:

Weekly: five hours of lectures + three hours of study research work

Goals:

The aim of the course is to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge of structural characterization based on diffraction of X-rays.

Outcome:

After passing the exam students will be able to:

• solve and refine crystal structures of inorganic and organic substances;
• interpret the results of X-ray structural analysis;
• use crystallographic programs and databases (advanced level).

Teaching methods:

Lectures, study research.

Extracurricular activities:

Semester paper.

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

1. Lj. Karanović, D. Poleti: X-ray analysis, Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva, Belgrade, 2003.
2. C. Giacovazzo, H. L. Monaco, D. Viterbo, F. Scordari, G. Gilli, G. Zanotti, M. Catti: Fundamentals of Crystallography, Oxford University Press, USA, Second edition, 2002.

Supplementary coursebooks:

1. Materials from lectures available through the student's web portal.
2. Scientific papers from international peer-reviewed journals.

Additional material:

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Lectures:

0 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

• Molecular and crystal symmetry.
• Geometrical crystallography, point, plane and space groups.
• Reciprocal unit cell concept.
• Interaction of X-rays with matter.
• Diffraction - a theoretical background.
• Experimental methods in X-ray crystallography.
• Solution and refinement of crystal structures.
• Interpretation of results of X-ray structural analysis.
• Protein crystallography.
• Crystallographic softwares and databases.

Semester papers:

30 points

Oral exam:

70 points

Study research work:

0 points (3 hours a week)