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Symmetry - for a new perspective on everything - chapt 4

Jan. 23 to Feb. 4

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

point groups, point group workshop intro
4.4
Jan. 25

point group workshop

Jan. 28 and Jan. 30 (optional)

NO CLASS ——–——— Feb. 1

character tables, applications to spectroscopy, basis sets

4.5-4.7

Feb. 4

The Orbital Perspective - a different perspective on some things - chapt 5

Feb. 6 to Feb. 22

Introducing The Problem Molecules - O2, CO, H20, SF6, metal complexes

 

Homo-, hetero-diatomics

2.3, 2.7

H2O -LCAO
5.4
 

SF6 - Group orbitals

5.6, 5.7

   

Some Ideas About Acids & Bases - chapt 7

Feb. 25 to Feb.27

TM hydrolysis, Acid/Base in Bioinorganic, HSAB
7.7
Feb. 20

Complex Equilibria, intro to Coordination Chemistry

7.11-7.13

Feb. 22

 

Transition Metal Complexes - chapts 20-26 and 8

Feb. 29 to Apr. 11

Characteristics of TM complexes: geometries and isomerism
20
Feb. 25-27

Electronic Structure: CFT vs MOT

21 (22,23)

Feb. 29 - Mar. 7

Spring BREAK Spring BREAK Spring BREAK Mar.12-16

Electronic Structure: Spectroscopy

21 (22,23)

Mar. 17 - 19

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

Metals and Alloys 6.1 - 6.8  

Ideal lattices, Rationalization of structures

6.9 - 6.12

Apr. 18

Bond energies

6.13 - 6.16
Apr. 20
 

Non-Ideal Solids - chapter 28

Apr. 21 to end

Layered materials, Defects and Properties

6.17,28.1-28.4

Apr. 23 - 25

Semiconductors and Band theory

6.9

Apr. 27

Materials science

28.5 - end
Apr. 30