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expected dates |
assignments due |
| Symmetry, for a new perspective on everything! |
chapter 4 |
Sept. 4 - Sept. 18 |
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| introduction to inorganic chemistry CHEM231 |
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| elements and
operations and how to recognize them |
4.1 - 4.3 |
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| point groups and intro to point group workshop |
4.4 |
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| point group workshop |
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Sept. 11 |
Set#1: Sept.18 |
| character tables, applications to spectroscopy |
4.5 - 4.7 |
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Set#2: Sept.25 |
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prompt1: Sept. 25 |
| The Orbital Perspective |
chapters 2 and 5 |
Sept. 18 - Oct. 9 |
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| Introducing the Problem Molecules: O2, CO, H2O, SF6, metal complexes |
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| Homo, heterodiatomics |
2.3, 2.7 |
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| Water and LCAO |
5.4 |
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| SF6 and Group Orbitals |
5.6,5.7 |
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Exam 1 - Due Monday Oct. 29 |
| Some Ideas on Acids and Bases |
chapter 7 |
Oct. 11 - Oct. 23 |
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| Metal Hydrolysis, HSAB theory |
7.7 |
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| Applications to Bioinorganic Chemistry |
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| A ntroduction to Coordination Chemistry |
7.11 - 7.13 |
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| Transition Metal Chemistry |
chapters 8 and 20-26 |
Oct. 24 - Nov. 22 |
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| Characteristics of TM complexes: geometries and isomerism |
chapt 20 |
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| Electronic Structure: CFT vs MOT |
chapt 21 (some 22, 23) |
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| Electronic Structure: Spectroscopy |
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| COLOR Theory |
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Problem Set #7 due Wed. Nov. 21 |
| Reactivity: Relevance to Redox Reactions |
8.3 - 8.5 |
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| Reactivity: Coordination Chemistry Mechanisms |
chapt 26 |
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Exam 2: week of Nov. 26 |
| Ideal Solids |
chapter 6 |
Nov. 27 - Dec. 6 |
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| Metals and Alloys |
6.1 - 6.8 |
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| Band Theory |
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| Ionic Lattices |
6.9 - 6.12 |
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| Lattice Energies |
6.13 - 6.16 | | |
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| Non-Ideal Solids |
chapter 28 |
Dec. 6 - Dec. 13 |
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| Defects and properties |
6.17, 28.1 - 28. 4 |
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| (Band theory) and Semiconductors |
6.9 |
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| Material Science |
28.5 - end |
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