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Symmetry - for a new perspective on everything - chapter 4

Aug. 30 to Sept. 13

assignments
introduction to inorganic chemistry CHEM231 day 1 slides  

elements and operations and how to recognize them

4.1- 4.3
 
point groups and intro to point group workshop
4.4
 

point group workshop

 
Problem Set#1-due 9-12

character tables, applications to spectroscopy, basis sets

4.5-4.7
 
introspection#1 due 9-16

Set#2-due 9-20

The Orbital Perspective - chapters 2 and 5

Sept. 15 to Oct. 4

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

 
Set#3-out 9-20

Homo-, hetero-diatomics

2.3, 2.7
 
Set#3-due 9-27
H2O -LCAO
5.4
 

SF6 - Group orbitals

5.6, 5.7
 
Set#4-out 9-29
   
Set#4-due 10-6

Some Ideas About Acids & Bases - chapter 7

Oct. 6 to Oct. 20
Oc.t 6 Exam 1 out
TM hydrolysis, HSAB
7.7
 
Application to Bioinorganic Chemistry  

As introduction to Coordination Chemistry

7.11-7.13

Fall BREAK Fall BREAK Fall BREAK
Oct. 10 to Oct. 14
Oct. 19 Exam 1 due

Transition Metal Complexes - chapters 20-26 and 8

Oct. 20 to Nov. 22

introspection#2 due 10-24
Characteristics of TM complexes: geometries and isomerism
20
 
Set#5-out 10-25

Electronic Structure: CFT vs MOT

21 (22,23)
 
Set#5-due 11-1

Electronic Structure: Spectroscopy

21 (22,23)
 

Set#6-out 11-8

introspection#2 due 11-10
Reactivity: Relevance to Redox Reactions
8.3-8.5
 
Set#6-due 11-15
Reactivity: Coordination Chemistry Mechanisms
26
 

Nov. 18 9:30-11AM - HELP SESSION

Nov.18 Exam 2 out

Nov.28 Exam 2 due
Ideal Solids- chapter 6
Nov. 29 and Dec. 1
Metals and Alloys
6.1 - 6.8
 

Ideal Ionic lattices, Rationalization of structures

6.9 - 6.12

Lattices Energies and Thermodynamics

6.13 - 6.16
 
   

Non-Ideal Solids - chapter 28

Dec. 6 and Dec. 8

Defects and Properties

6.17, 28.1-28.4

Semiconductors and Band theory

6.9

 

Material Science

28.5 - end