

Symmetry - for a new perspective on everything - chapt 4 |
Jan. 23 to Feb. 4 |
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| introduction to inorganic chemistry CHEM231 | day 1 slides | Jan. 23 | |||
elements and operations |
4.1- 4.3 |
Jan. 23 11-noon AND 9:15-10:30 PM |
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| point groups, point group workshop intro | 4.4 |
Jan. 25 | |||
point group workshop |
Jan. 28 and Jan. 30 (optional) |
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| NO CLASS | ——–——— | Feb. 1 | |||
character tables, applications to spectroscopy, basis sets |
4.5-4.7 |
Feb. 4 |
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The Orbital Perspective - a different perspective on some things - chapt 5 |
Feb. 6 to Feb. 22 |
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Introducing The Problem Molecules - O2, CO, H20, SF6, metal complexes |
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Homo-, hetero-diatomics |
2.3, 2.7 |
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| H2O -LCAO | 5.4 |
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SF6 - Group orbitals |
5.6, 5.7 |
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Some Ideas About Acids & Bases - chapt 7 |
Feb. 25 to Feb.27 |
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| TM hydrolysis, Acid/Base in Bioinorganic, HSAB | 7.7 |
Feb. 20 | |||
Complex Equilibria, intro to Coordination Chemistry |
7.11-7.13 |
Feb. 22 |
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Transition Metal Complexes - chapts 20-26 and 8 |
Feb. 29 to Apr. 11 |
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| Characteristics of TM complexes: geometries and isomerism | 20 |
Feb. 25-27 | |||
Electronic Structure: CFT vs MOT |
21 (22,23) |
Feb. 29 - Mar. 7 |
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| Spring BREAK Spring BREAK Spring BREAK | Mar.12-16 | ||||
Electronic Structure: Spectroscopy |
21 (22,23) |
Mar. 17 - 19 |
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| Reactivity: Relevance to Redox Reactions | 8.3 - 8.5 |
Mar. 24 - Mar.26 | |||
| Reactivity: Coordination Chemistry Mechanisms | 26 |
Mar. 28 - Apr. 4 | |||
| Reactivity: Introduction to Organometallics | 24 |
Apr. 7 - 11 | |||
Ideal Solids - chapter 6 |
Apr. 14 to Apr. 18 |
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| Metals and Alloys | 6.1 - 6.8 | ||||
Ideal lattices, Rationalization of structures |
6.9 - 6.12 |
Apr. 18 |
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Bond energies |
6.13 - 6.16 |
Apr. 20 | |||
Non-Ideal Solids - chapter 28 |
Apr. 21 to end |
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Layered materials, Defects and Properties |
6.17,28.1-28.4 |
Apr. 23 - 25 |
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Semiconductors and Band theory |
6.9 |
Apr. 27 |
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Materials science |
28.5 - end |
Apr. 30 | |||