Inorganic Chemistry (CHM 350) Schedule – Fall 2022

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This is the schedule for the class this semester. It will be updated regularly, so please check back often. The schedule will contain planned lecture topics for each day, dates of all exams, suggested homework problems from the textbook, links which may be useful to you, and other important information regarding the class.

Textbooks:
Miessler 4e cover  Inorganic Chemistry  Miessler, Fischer and Tarr (4th Edition) Pearson Prentice Hall, 2009
Vincent cover  Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory, Vincent, (2nd Edition) Wiley, 2001



Monday Class Wednesday Class Friday Class
Week 1
8/29-9/2
Introduction

The Structure of the Atom

The Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom and the Rydberg Equation

Quiz 1

Lecture:  Quantum Numbers, Electronic Structure of Atoms and the d Orbitals (Chapter 2)

End of chapter homework problems from chapter 2 of 4th Edition of Miessler: 3, 4, 13, 14, 20, 21-25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39

Week 2
9/5-9

No Class - Labor Day Holiday

Lecture:  The Slater Rules and Effective Nuclear Charge (Chapter 2)

Thursday is the last day to drop classes

Lecture:  The Slater Rules and Effective Nuclear Charge (Chapter 2)

Lecture:  Trends in the Periodic Table (Chapter 2)

Week 3
9/12-16

Quiz 2

Lecture:  Simple Bonding, Main Group Chemistry (Chapter 3)

Lecture:  Main Group Chemistry, VSEPR (Chapter 3)

End of chapter homework problems from chapters 3 and 8 of 4th Edition of Miessler: Chapter 3: 6, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19. Chapter 8: 19, 31, 38

Lecture:  Main Group Chemistry, VSEPR (Chapter 3)

Week 4
9/19-23

Quiz 3

Lecture:  Main Group Chemistry, VSEPR (Chapter 3)

Lecture: Introduction to Symmetry (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

Lecture: Symmetry Operations (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

EXAM 1

Week 5
9/26-30

Lecture: Symmetry and Point Groups (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

End of chapter homework problems from chapter 4 of 5th Edition of Miessler: 1-6, 13, 23

Lecture: Symmetry and Point Groups (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

Lecture: Symmetry and Point Groups (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

Week 6
10/3-7

Quiz 4

Lecture: Character Tables; Reducible and Irreducible Representations (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

Lecture: Symmetry and Molecular Vibrations (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

Lecture: Symmetry and Molecular Vibrations (Chapter 4 and Vincent book)

Week 7
10/10-14

Quiz 5

Lecture:  Introduction to Inorganic Complexes: Ligands (Chapter 9)

Lecture:  Geometries and Isomers of Inorganic Complexes (Chapter 9)

Lecture:  Nomenclature of Inorganic Complexes (Chapter 9)

Week 8
10/17-21

Quiz 6

Lecture: Crystal Field Theory (Chapter 10)

Lecture: Crystal Field Theory (Chapter 10)

EXAM 2

Week 9
10/24-28

Lecture: Crystal Field Theory (Chapter 10)

Lecture: Magnetic Properties of Transition Metals (Chapter 10)

Lecture: Ligand Field Theory (Chapter 10)

Last day to withdraw from the class (drop with a "W")

Week 10
10/31-11/4

Quiz 7

Ligand Field Theory (Chapter 10)

Lecture:  Spectroscopy of Inorganic Complexes (Chapter 11)

Lecture:  Spectroscopy of Inorganic Complexes (Chapter 11)

Lecture:  Reactions and Mechanisms of Inorganic Complexes (Chapter 12)

Week 11
11/7-11

Quiz 8

Lecture:  Reactions and Mechanisms of Inorganic Complexes (Chapter 12)

Lecture:  HSAB theory (Section 6.6)

No Class - Veterans' Day Holiday

Week 12
11/14-18

Quiz 9

Lecture:  Organometallic Chemistry (Chapter 13)

Lecture:  Organometallic Chemistry – Carbonyl Complexes (Chapter 13)

EXAM 3

Week 13
11/21-25

Lecture:  Organometallic Chemistry and the 18-Electron Rule (Chapter 13)

Make-up Lecture (if needed)

No Class - Thanksgiving Holiday

Week 14
11/28-30

Lecture:  Organometallic Chemistry and the 18-Electron Rule (Chapter 13)

Quiz 10

Lecture:  Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis (Chapter 14)

Lecture:  Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis (Chapter 14)
Week 15
12/5-7

Lecture:  Bioinorganic and Environmental Chemistry (Chapter 16)

Quiz 11

Lecture:  Bioinorganic and Environmental Chemistry (Chapter 16)
Lecture:  Bioinorganic and Environmental Chemistry (Chapter 16)

Finals Week

Final Exam:  Wednesday December 14th, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon