CHEM-UA 711 Inorganic Chemistry
Instructor: Prof. Marc Walters
Office 556 Brown (Molecular Design Institute) Tel: 9988477, Email: marc.walters@nyu.edu
Lecture Silver 414
Mon, Wed 9.30 AM - 10.45 AM
Recitation Silver 404 Mon 4:55 – 6:10 PM
Office hours: By appointment
Text: Inorganic Chemistry,
Miessler and Tarr, 5th Ed.
Date
Chapters
Topics
Jan 26 – 28
2
Atomic Structure
Feb 2-4
3
4
Simple Bonding Theory
Symmetry
Feb 9-11
4
Symmetry and Group
Theory
Feb 16
Feb 18
President’s Day
5
No class
Molecular Orbitals
Feb 23-25
5, 7-2, 7-3
Molecular Orbitals
5
Quiz 1 (Chap. 2-5)
Molecular Modelling
Mar 2
Mar 4
Mar 9-11
6
Mar 16-18
Donor-Acceptor
Chemistry
Spring Break
Mar 23-25
8
Main Group Chemistry
(Selected Topics)
Mar 30-Apr 1
9 (-1, -2, -4), 10
Coordination Chemistry
Apr 6-8
10
11
Coordination Chemistry
Electronic Spectra
Apr 13-15
11
12
Electronic Spectra
Reaction Mechanisms
Apr 20
Apr 22
12
Quiz 2 (Chap. 6-11)
Reaction Mechanisms
Apr 27-29
13
Organometallic
Chemistry
May 4-6
14
Catalysis
May 11
TBA
TBA
Notes:
This course is focused on coordination chemistry of the transition metals,
the lanthanides and the actinides. At the end of the course students
should be able to discuss the electronic structures of coordination
complexes based on spectroscopic data. In addition redox reactions and
trends will be covered that are relevant to catalysis and materials
chemistry.
There will be two exams and a final exam (or project) that will each count
for 1/3 of the course grade.
Special Topics will cover the inorganic chemistry of the environment,
nanoparticles, and materials. Reading material will be culled from the
current scientific literature, books, and the press.
Other Available Reading:
(1) Cotton, Chemical Applications of Group Theory
(2) Cotton and Wilkinson, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
(3) Greenwood and Earnshaw, Chemistry of the Elements:
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