Course Description
Modern inorganic chemistry, including structure and bonding in solids, advanced concepts in periodicity, descriptive inorganic, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry.
Athena Title
Modern Inorganic Chemistry
Prerequisite
[(CHEM 2212 and CHEM 2212L) or (CHEM 2312H and CHEM 2312L) or (CHEM 2412 and CHEM 2412L)] and CHEM 2300 and CHEM 2300L
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
CHEM 3400 LEARNING OBJECTIVES: A. Predict the structure and reactivity of main group, organometallic, and transition metal compounds. B. Interpret electronic spectra and magnetic susceptibility measurements in terms of transition metal d-electron configuration and spin state. C. Recognize and understand the solid-state structure and stoichiometry of elemental and binary crystalline solid materials D. Recognize the importance of metals in biological systems and understand the application of physical techniques designed to study such systems. E. Appreciate the application of inorganic chemistry and materials chemistry to modern life in the industrial, environmental, and biological/biomedical areas. F. Students are expected to develop scientific writing skills through a series of in-class writing assignments. G. Students will periodically review articles or primary research articles relevant to various inorganic topics. H. Utilize technology (e-mail, WebCT, word processing, CHEMDRAW, etc.) to effectivly communicate their knowledge and ideas.
Topical Outline
TOPICS: I. Basic Chemical Concepts II. Nuclear Properties III. An Introduction to Molecular Symmetry IV. Bonding in Polyatomic Molecules V. Structures/Energetics of Metallic and Ionic Solids VI. Reduction and Oxidation VII. Hydrogen VIII.Group 1: The Alkali Metals IX. Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals X. The Group 13 Elements & Organometallic/ Compounds of s- and p-block Elements XI. d-Block Chemistry: General Considerations
Syllabus