instructor: Prof. Sharon Burgmayer, sburgmay@brynmawr.edu
   

Introspection Writing Prompts
     
     
    Symmetry DUE Tuesday Sept. 25
   

(a) How did you react to learning about symmetry classification, either in class or from chapter 4?
    or
    (b) Which of the symmetry operations is easiest for you to see or find in an object?
Discuss why and what makes the other operations more difficult to visualize by comparison.
    or
   

(c) any other topic related to chapter 4 that you wish to contemplate in writing.
     
   
    Bonding DUE by Oct. 26
   

(a) What are your reactions to the revised ideas about bonding that have been presented?

(b) Discuss your relationship to molecular orbital theory after having seen how it is applied to molecules more interesting than N2.

     
    Acids, Bases, CFT and Metal Complexes
   

What are your thoughts about learning about transition metal complexes, first throught the lens of acid/base definitions, then through the perspectiev of CFT?