Inorganic Chemistry G25.1111 Fall 2010
Professor Marc Walters
Tel: 998-8477, Email: marc.walters@nyu.edu
Text: Inorganic Chemistry,
Miessler and Tarr, 4th Ed.
Date
Sept 8
Chapters
2
Topics
Atomic Structure
Sept 13-15
Sept 20-22
3
4
4
Simple Bonding Theory
Symmetry
Symmetry
Sept 27-29
5
Molecular orbitals
Oct 4-6
5, 7-2, 7-3
Molecular orbitals
Oct 11
Oct 13
Oct 18
Oct 20
Oct 25-27
6
No class
Quiz 1 (Chap. 2-5)
Donor-Acceptor Chemistry,
8
Main Group Chemistry
Nov 1-3
9 (-1, -2, -4), 10
Coordination Chemistry
Nov 8-10
10
11
11
12
Nov 22
Nov 24
Nov 29-Dec 1
13
Coordination Chemistry
Electronic Spectra
Electronic Spectra
Reaction Mechanisms
Quiz 2 (Chap. 6-11)
No class
Organometallic Chemistry
Dec 6-8
14
Organometallic Reactions
Dec 13-15
16
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Nov 15-17
Each year there is a theme that will be addressed throughout the semester in the context
of the text subject matter that is currently being presented. This year’s theme will be
Modern Applications of Inorganic Chemistry. There will be two exams and a final that
will each count for 1/3 of the course grade.
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:
{http://www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?BookID=402}
(4) Rayner-Canham, Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry