CHEM 281(001) Winter 2013-14, Inorganic Chemistry
Class Activities and Deadlines
Lectures: Tu, Th: 10:00-11:15 a.m. CTH 227
Labs: W: 2:00 - 6:15 p.m. CTH 303
Last updated on Nov 15, 2013
Monday
1.
December 2:
Tuesday
December 3:
Wednesday
December 4:
No labs
2.
Thursday
December 5:
Discuss the syllabus
Nuclear chemistry
The nucleosynthesis of elements
elements ( 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)
Frid
Decembe
December 9:
December 10:
Periodic table
Atomic spectroscopy and
quantum mechanics
Electron configuration.
Sec 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
December 11:
2:00- 6:15 CTH 303
Lab 1
glassblowing
December 12:
Decembe
Multi-electron atoms
Sec 1.7, 1.8 & 1.9
Penetration and shielding page The
building-up principle page, Penetration
and Atomic Parameters.
December16:
December 17:
Octet Rule, Lewis
Structures and Structure and
bond properties Sec. 2.1,
2.2
December 18:
2:00- 6:15 CTH 303
Lab 1
glassblowing
December 19:
VSEPR model Sec 2.3.
Valence Bond (VB) theory and
hybridization Sec 2.4, 2.5, 2.6
GA 1 due in class
Decembe
December 23: December 24:
No class
No class Christmas
Christmas
Break!!
Break!!
December 25:
No class Christmas
Break!!
December 26:
No class Christmas Break!!
Decembe
No class
Christma
Break!!
December 30: January 31:
No class
No class
Christmas
Christmas Break!!
Break!!
January 1:
No class
Christmas Break!!
January 2:
No class
Christmas Break!!
January
No class
Christma
Break!!
January 6:
January 7:
An introduction to the
MO theory
Homonuclear diatomic
molecules and Bond
Properties.
Sec 2.7, 2.8 & 2.10
January 8:
2:00- 6:15 CTH 324
MO theory Lab
January 9:
MO theory continued
Exam #1 Review
(Ch 1 & 2)
January
5.
January 13:
January 14:
Exam #1.
(Ch 1 & 2)
January 15: CTH 306
2:00- 6:15 Magnetic
properties Lab
January 16:
3.1 Unit cells and crystals
3.2 The close packing
3.3 Holes in close-packed structures
January
6.
January 20:
No class
Martin Luther
King Day!!
January 21:
January 22: CTH 303
Structure of metals
Solid-state Lab 1
3.4 Polytypism
Basic lattice types of
3.5 Non-close-packed
metallic compounds
3.6 Polymorphism of metals
3.7 Atomic radii of metals
3.
4.
January 23: Ionic Solids
3.9 Characteristics of ionic solids
3.10 The rationalization of
structures
January
:
3.8 Alloys
7.
8.
January 27:
January 28:
January 29: CTH 303
Solid-state Lab 2
Basic lattice types of
ionic compounds
January 30:
January
February 3:
February 4:
Exam #2.
(Ch 2 & 3)
February 5:
NMR Lab 1 CTH
February 6:
4.1 Proton transfer equilibria
4.2 Solvent levelling
4.3 Characteristics of Brønsted acids
4.4 Simple oxoacids
4.5 Anhydrous oxides
4.6 Polyoxo compound formation
February
February 13:
5.1 Redox half-reactions
5.2 Standard potentials
5.3 Trend in Standard potentials
5.4 The electrochemical series
February
February 20:
The diagrammatic presentation of
potential data
Latimer diagrams
Bonus paper due
February
February 27:
Comprehensive Make-up Test
February
324/306
Proton and Carbon
Theory and practice
9.
10.
11.
February 10:
February 17:
February 24:
February 11:
4.7 Examples of Lewis
acids and bases
4.8 Group characteristics of
Lewis acids
Reactions and properties of
Lewis acids and bases
4.9 The fundamental types
of reaction
4.10 Hard and soft acids
and bases
February 12:
NMR Lab 2.
February 18:
Redox reactions, Redox
stability In water and
oxygen, Disproportionation
& comproportionation
February 19:
CTH 303/306
Cyclic Voltammetry Lab
February 25:
Exam #3. (Ch 4 & 5)
CTH 306/CTH324
Data acquisition and
processing
CTH 306/CTH324
February 26:
No lab