SCHEDULE FOR LECTURES: (Chapters refer to Inorganic Chemistry, M&T)
Updated 1/20/2016
special
Quiz #1
Quiz #2
Quiz #3
Exam I
Quiz #4
Poster
outline
due
Quiz #5
Quiz #6
Lecture #
Date Ch
1
W
1/20
1,2
Overview – Expectations – Projects – The Atom – Nuclear Properties
2
F
1/22
2
3
M
1/25
4
W
1/27
2
Electrons in atoms. Energy Levels. Quantum Numbers.
Radial Electron Distributions. Electron Configurations. Zeff. Slater’s
Rules
Magnetism. Term Symbols. Periodic Properties.
5
F
1/29
2
Zeff control of Periodic Properties
Electrons in Molecules. The Chemical Bond. Lewis Structures.
2
6
M
2/1
3
7
W
2/3
3
Lone Pair Repulsions. (VSEPR as Guide to Geometries of Molecules)
8
F
2/5
3
Review
Symmetry in Molecules: Elements and Operations
9
M
2/8
3,4
10
W
2/10
4.3
Symmetry Operations and Point Group Classification
11
F
2/12
4.3
Finding a use for Character Tables.
12
M
2/15
5
Introduction to Molecular Orbitals
13
W
2/17
14
F
2/19
5
Molecular Orbitals and Diatomics; Energy Levels
15
M
2/22
5
Molecular Orbitals and Assignments; Bond Order; Bond distances
16
W
2/24
5
Molecular Orbitals in Polar Diatomics—Heteronuclear diatomics
Electronegativity defined by MO theory: Bond dipoles and molecular
dipole moments
Examination I
5
17
F
2/26
18
M
2/29
19
W
3/2
5
MO’s in Polyatomics
20
F
3/4
6
Acids and Bases -- Concepts
21
M
3/7
6
Acids and Bases
22
W
3/19
6
Acids and Bases
23
F
3/11
6
Acids and Bases
5
Spring
MO’s in Polyatomics
SPRING BREAK (3/14-18)
24
Poster
Review
by
Mentors
Topic
M
3/21
7
Crystalline Solid State Introduction
Crystalline Solid State: Packing of spheres
25
W
3/23
7
26
F
3/25
7
Reading day; no classes
27
M
3/28
7
Crystalline Solid State: Molecular orbitals and band structure
28
W
3/30
Examination II
8
29
F
4/1
30
M
4/4
31
W
4/6
Crystalline Solid State: Radius ratios and Prediction of crystal lattices
Main Group Chemistry: Descriptive and review of VSEPR
912
Coordination Chemistry, Transition Metals. History and Structures
SCHEDULE FOR LECTURES: (Chapters refer to Inorganic Chemistry, M&T)
Updated 1/20/2016
Quiz #8
912
32
F
4/8
Coordination Chemistry: Ligands (not lizards)
33
M
4/11
Poster Group I Presentations
34
W
4/13
Poster Group II Presentations
35
F
4/15
Coordination Chemistry—selected topics from Chapters 9-12
36
M
4/18
Coordination Chemistry—selected topics from Chapters 9-12
37
W
4/20
Examination III
38
F
4/22
Coordination Chemistry—selected topics from Chapters 9-12
39
M
4/25
Coordination Chemistry—selected topics from Chapters 9-12
40
W
4/27
Organometallic Mechanisms in Catalysis -- selections from Chapt. 14
41
F
4/29
Coordination Chemistry in Biology.
42
M
5/2
Coordination Chemistry in Biology.
M
5/9
FINAL EXAM – 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.