CHEM 4011
ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY II
Spring 2013
MW 10:00 - 11:15
3 Credit Hours
NCF 310
Instructor:
Dr. Mike Adams
Phone:
520-5300
Office Hours: M 11:30 - 12:30 and 3 - 4
Office:
NCF 344
e-mail:
mradams@xula.edu
T 1 - 2 W 12 - 1 R 10 - 12
Course Description: A study of the theories and principles of coordination chemistry,
solution chemistry, and applications of organometallic and bioinorganic compounds. A
student completing this course will be familiar with the information needed to relate
coordination compounds and their reactions to the expanding applied fields of
organometallics, catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry. Prequisite: CHEM 4010.
Course Objectives: Upon completion of CHEM 4011, a student should:
1. Be familiar with expected behavior of coordination compounds.
2. Be able to relate properties of coordination complexes, particularly
organometallic complexes, to structure.
3. Be able to predict and explain reactivity of organometallic compounds.
4. Understand the roles of certain inorganic species in biological systems.
Required Text: Miessler, G. and Tarr, D.; "Inorganic Chemistry", 4th Ed., Prentice
Hall, 2011.
Evacuation Policy: In the event that classes are cancelled due to a hurricane or other
evacuation, assignments and other course materials will be posted on Blackboard.
Students should access the Blackboard site as soon as possible following the evacuation.
Grading:
Exams
125 x 3
Homework
100
Independent Project
(125)
Final Exam
200
TOTAL
675
The lowest exam grade will be replaced by the paper grade, unless this grade is lower
than the lowest exam grade. Your midterm grade will be based on Exam 1 and all
homework turned in prior to March 2.
Grading Scale:
>85
75-85
65-75
55-65
<55
A
B
C
D
F
Tentative Exam Dates:
EXAM 1
EXAM 2
EXAM 3
FINAL EXAM
Tuesday, Feb. 19, 6:00 pm
Tuesday, Mar. 12, 6:00 pm
Wednesday, Apr. 17, 6:00 pm
Saturday, May 4, 10:30 am
Students will not be allowed to make-up missed exams. In the event that a student misses
an exam, this will count as the dropped grade for the semester and will be replaced by the
paper grade.
Attendance:
Students are expected to attend all lectures and participate in class discussions. It is
expected that you will have completed the assigned reading for the day prior to lecture.
Academic Misconduct:
Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:
1. using unauthorized materials in completion of an exam, quiz, or assignment;
2. assisting or gaining assistance from an unauthorized source during an exam,
quiz, or assignment;
3. providing assistance to another student in a manner not authorized by the
instructor;
4. obtaining an examination or assignment in an unauthorized manner;
5. using material from a source without giving proper citation;
6. improperly fabricating or altering data;
7. submitting work to one class that is substantially similar to work submitted for
another class without prior approval from the instructors involved;
8. submitting written work that is not completely one's own or allowing others to
submit one's work;
9. destroying or altering the work of another student; or
10. committing any other violation of academic integrity as described in course
syllabi.
Disciplinary sanctions for academic misconduct include academic censure, academic
suspension, dismissal, or expulsion from the University. The full text of the College of
Arts and Sciences' Academic integrity Policy can be found at www.xula.edu/cas.
Any form of academic misconduct will not be tolerated. Your written work,
INCLUDING HOMEWORK, must be your own, and any sources you may use must be
properly cited. Any violation of this policy will carry a minimum penalty of a grade of
zero for the assignment, but a failing grade for the course may be assigned as the penalty.
Project Guidelines:
To be discussed in class
Homework Assignments:
Due dates for homework will be announced in class.
You will be allowed to work with a study partner on SOME of the homework problems.
You and your partner(s) should turn in ONE copy of the problems in bold. Each of you
must work alone on and separately turn in the other problems. ANY EVIDENCE OF
COLLABORATION ON THE INDIVIDUAL PROBLEMS WILL BE PENALIZED
SWIFTLY AND SEVERELY. THE MINIMUM PENALTY WILL BE THE
LOWERING OF YOUR COURSE GRADE BY ONE FULL LETTER GRADE. An
asterisk * indicates a bonus problem. You will not be penalized for incorrect solutions to
bonus problems, but you will earn extra points for correct or partially correct answers.
Homework solutions and will be posted on Blackboard following the due date. NO
LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Review Homework: Distributed in Lecture on January 15
Assignments for later chapters will be posted on Blackboard.
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS:
DATE:
LECTURE TOPIC
READING
January 15
Introduction, Review
January 17
January 22
January 23
January 28
January 30
February 4
February 6
February 18
February 20
February 25
February 27
March 4
Introduction to Electronic
Spectra; States and Term
Symbols
Electronic Spectra; TanabeSugano Diagrams
More on Tanabe-Sugano
Diagrams and Spectra;
Charge-Transfer Spectra
Catch-up and Review
11.1 - 11.2
Review of Mechanisms;
Intro. to Substitution
Reactions of Coordination
Complexes
More on Mechanisms of
Substitution Reactions
Reactions of Square Planar
Complexes; Reactions of
Coordinated Ligands
Intro to Mechanisms of
Redox Reactions
12.1 - 12.3
More on Redox Reactions,
Catch-up
Intro to Organometallic
Chemistry; Nomenclature
Review
Carbonyl Complexes and
Related Complexes
Pi complexes
March 6
Other Organometallic
Complexes
March 11
March 13
Catch-up and Review
Survey of Organometallic
Reactions
March 18
More on Organometallic
Reactions
11.3
11.3
12.4
12.5 - 12.7, 12.9
12.8
13.1 - 13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6 - 13.7
14.1
14.2
TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE AND READING ASSIGNMENTS:
DATE:
LECTURE TOPIC
READING
March 20
Catalysis
14.3
April 1
More on Catalysts
14.4
April 3
15.1 -15.3
April 15
Isolobal Analogy; MetalMetal Bonding
Introduction to Cluster
Compounds: Boranes
More on Boranes; Heteroand Metallaboranes
Metal Cluster Compounds
April 17
Catch-up and Review
April 22
Introduction to
Bioinorganic Chemistry;
Porphyrins
Metalloenzymes
16.1 - 16.2
Applications of Inorganic
Compounds in Medicine
16.6
April 8
April 10
April 24
April 29
15.4.1
15.4.2 - 15.4.6
16.3 - 16.4