• Inorganic Chemistry - G4071

     

    Syllabus

    Introduction

    This course is intended to provide an introduction to the principles of bonding in inorganic compounds. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of structure and symmetry to the orbital interactions and spectroscopy of molecular transition metal complexes.

    Grading

    35% Final Exam

    30% Midterm Exam (February 29th)

    30% Homework

    5% Class Participation

    Class Participation

    Students are encouraged to attend all of the lectures. Please notify Prof. Owen if you need to miss a lecture. You are expected to participate in class discussions and to formulate questions during the lecture to help clarify the material. Your attendance and contributions to the atmosphere in the classroom will be used to determine your class participation grade.

    Homework Policy

    Homework sets, assigned approximately twice per month, are to be handed in at the beginning of class. Assignments turned in one day late will be assessed a 50% penalty; two days late a 75% penalty, and after two days the homework will be graded, but will no credit will be given. Collaboration is allowed, though each collaborator is expected to work all of the problems.

     

    Exams

    A midterm examination will be given on February 29th to test your conceptual understanding of the lecture material. This will be a traditional closed note exam with a substantial proportion of the questions taken directly from the lecture notes. The final exam will be a comprehensive exam with the majority of questions derived from material presented after the midterm.

     

    Periodic Table Quiz - January 23rd

    Blank Periodic Table

    Textbook

    Miessler and Tarr, “Inorganic Chemistry”, 5th, 4th, or 3rd Editions will work.

  • Course Outline

    I. Bonding and Resonance in Inorganic Complexes

    Periodic trends, Lewis representations, VSEPR model, hybridization, Bendt’s rule

    II. Symmetry and Molecular Orbitals

    Symmetry operations, point groups, matrix representations of symmetry operations, character tables, molecular orbital diagrams

    III. Coordination Chemistry of the Transition Metals

    L,X ligand bonding formalism, electron counting, the 18-electron rule, formal oxidation states valence, sigma-donors , pi-donors, pi-acceptors, Ligand Field Theory

    IV. Spectroscopy

    The spectrochemical series, d-d and charge transfer transitions, vibrational spectroscopy

    V. Special Topics

    Ligand Substitution, Cytochrome P450, Solid State Chemistry

  • Reading Assignments

    Lectures 1 and 2: Chapter 2: pages 21-40 (5th Ed.) and pages 29-47 (4th Ed.) and pages 29-47 (3rd Ed.)

     

    Lectures 2 - 6: Chapter 3: pages 45-69 (5th Ed.) and pages 51-76 (4th Ed.) and pages 51-72 (3rd Ed.)

     

    Lectures 7 - 9: Chapter4: Pages 75-100 (5th Ed.) and pages 81-108 (4th Ed.) and pages 76-103 (3rd Ed.)

     

    Lectures 10 - 12 : Chapter 5

     

    Lectures 12 - 15 : Chapters 6 and 10.3-

     

    Lecture 16 - : Chapter 13

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