CHEM-651: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
Fall 2011
   
Instructor: Prof. Joel Rosenthal
Lectures: Tues + Thurs 12:30 - 1:45 PM (BRL 116)
Textbook: Inorganic Chemistry - Third Edition
  by Housecroft + Sharp
Office Hours: By appointment
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Course Outline
Date Lecture Topic Supplemental Material
9/1 Lecture 1 Structure of the Atom I Atomic Structure
9/6 Lecture 2 Electronic Configurations Electronic Configurations
9/8 Lecture 3 Rationalizing Periodic Trends Periodic Trends
9/13 Lecture 4 Simple Bonding Models  
9/15 Lecture 5 Molecular Shape and Geometry  
9/20 Lecture 6 Molecular Symmetry Point Group Analysis
9/22 Lecture 7 Valence Bond Theory  
9/27 Lecture 8 Molecular Orbital Theory I Orbital Mixing and XPS
9/29 Lecture 9 Molecular Orbital Theory II  
10/4 Lecture 10 Acids and Bases Proton Affinity and IE
10/6 Lecture 11 Introduction to Coordination Chemistry  
10/11 Lecture 12 Crystal Field Theory  
10/13 Lecture 13 Ligand Field Theory  
10/18   Midterm  
10/20 Lecture 14 Electronic Structure of Metal Carbonyls  
10/25 Lecture 15 Electronic Spectroscopy and Microstates Cu(II) UV-vis Abs
10/27 Lecture 16 Microstates and Term Symbols  
11/1 Lecture 17 Correlation and Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams TS Diagrams
11/3 Lecture 18 Basic Substitution Reactions and Kinetics  
11/8 Lecture 19 Dissociative Reaction Mechanisms Substitution Kinetics
11/10 Lecture 20 Associative Reaction Mechanisms  
11/15 Lecture 21 Fundamentals of Redox Chemistry Half Reactions
11/17 Lecture 22 Electrochemistry and Potential Diagrams Frost + Pourbaix Diagrams
11/22 Lecture 23 Outer Sphere ET and Marcus Theory  
11/24   Thanksgiving  
11/29 Lecture 24 Inner Sphere ET and Mixed Valency  
12/1 Lecture 25 Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry  
12/6 Lecture 26 Organometallic Reactions Involving Modification of Ligands  
12/10   Class Presentations (9AM 219 BRL)  
Note: Course Outline is approximate and Subject to Change

 

Problem Sets
Due Date Problem Set Solution Set Statistics
9/13 Problem Set #1 Solutions to PS #1

Avg = 81
High = 92, Low = 65
Standard Deviation = 7.4
9/27 Problem Set #2 Solutions to PS #2 Avg = 82
High = 94, Low =70
Standard Deviation = 6.9
10/13 Problem Set #3 Solutions to PS #3 Avg = 83
High = 92, Low = 58
Standard Deviation = 6.2
11/3 Problem Set #4 Solutions to PS #4 Avg = 94.2
High = 99, Low = 81
Standard Deviation = 6.1
11/17 Problem Set #5 Solutions to PS #5 Avg = 88
High = 96, Low = 75
Standard Deviation = 8.8

 

Exams
Date Exam Solution Set Statistics
10/18 Midterm Solutions to Midterm

Avg = 73
High = 91 Low = 44
Standard Deviation = 14.5

12/13

3:30 - 6:30 PM

BRL 206

 Final Solutions to Final