Syllabus for Chemistry 457 - Inorganic Chemistry

Spring, 2002

A. L. Rheingold

Drake 304

831-8720

arnrhein@udel.edu

 

Text:               Inorganic Chemistry, Second Edition

G. L. Miessler and D. A. Tarr

Prentice Hall

 

Lab Text:       (purchase this book only if you are taking C458)

Synthesis and Technique in Inorganic Chemistry

R. Angelici, G. Girolami and T. B. Rauchfuss

University Science Books

 

Feb.     5          Chapters 1 and 2         Introduction

            7          Chapter 3                     Simple Bonding Theory

          12          Chapter 4                     Symmetry and Group Theory

          14         

          19          Chapter 5                     Molecular Orbitals

          21

          26         

          28          Chapter 6                     Acid-Base and Donor-Acceptor Chemistry

Mar.   5         

            7          Chapter 7                     The Crystalline Solid State

          12         

          14          HOUR EXAM Chapters 2 - 7

          19          Chapter 8                     Chemistry of the Main-Group Elements

          21

          26

          28          Chapter 9                     Coordination Chemistry I

Apr.     9

          11          Chapter 10                   Coordination Chemistry II

          16

          18          Chapter 12                   Coordination Chemistry IV

          23         

          25          Chapters 13, 14, 15     Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis

          30

May     2         

7

9          HOUR EXAM Chapters 8 - 10, 12 - 15

           14         Final Exam Prep and Special Topics

 

Grades:  There will be two hour exams and a final exam.  Each exam will contribute 1/3 to the final grade.  The final exam is a standardized, multiple-choice exam written by the American Chemical Society.  No grading standards for the course have been set; the following may be used as a rough guide: 80%+ = A, then letter grades descending by twelves making the minimum passing grade 44%.

 

End-of-Chapter Problems: Work as many as you can to assist you in learning the material.  All answers appear in the back of your text.

 

Course Coverage: There is no way in one semester we can cover all of the material in the text, nor is the text a complete synopsis of the course.  Only by attending class and noting what is being covered can a comprehensive overview of the course be obtained.