CHEM-651: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I

Fall 2014


Instructor:	Prof. Joel Rosenthal
Lectures:	Tues + Thurs 5:00 - 6:15 PM (BRL 206)
Textbook:	Concepts and Models of Inorganic Chemistry - Third Edition
	by Douglas, McDaniel & Alexander
Office Hours:	By appointment
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Course Outline
Date	Lecture	Topic	Supplemental Material
8/26	Lecture 1	Structure of the Atom	Atomic Wavefunctions
8/28	Lecture 2	Electronic Configurations	Orbital Energetics
9/2	Lecture 3	Rationalizing Periodic Trends	Periodic Trends
9/4	Lecture 4	Simple Bonding Models	Platinum XANES
9/9	Lecture 5	Molecular Shape and Geometry
9/11	Lecture 6	Molecular Symmetry	Point Group Analysis
9/16	Lecture 7	Valence Bond Theory	Methane PES
9/18	Lecture 8	Molecular Orbital Theory I	Orbital Mixing and PES
9/23	Lecture 9	Molecular Orbital Theory II
9/30		Midterm I
10/2	Lecture 10	Acids and Bases	Proton Affinity and IE
10/7	Lecture 11	Intro to Coordination Chemistry
10/9	Lecture 12	Crystal Field Theory	Crystal Field Theory
10/14	Lecture 13	Ligand Field Theory I
10/16	Lecture 14	Ligand Field Theory II and Carbonyl Chemistry
10/21	Lecture 15	Microstates and Term Symbols
10/23	Lecture 16	Correlation and Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams
10/30	Lecture 17	Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams and CT Spectra
10/4		Election Day - No Classes
11/6		Midterm II
11/11,13	Lecture 18,19	Dissociative Reaction Mechanisms	Substitution Kinetics
11/13,18	Lecture 19,20	Associative Reaction Mechanisms	TS Diagrams
11/20,25	Lecture 21,22	Outer Sphere ET and Marcus Theory
11/27		Thanksgiving - No Classes
12/2	Lecture 23	Inner Sphere ET and Mixed Valency
11/15		Class Presentations (9AM 219 BRL)
Note: Course Outline is approximate and Subject to Change