CHEM-GA 1111/CHEM-UA 711 Inorganic
Chemistry (Department of Chemistry)
Instructor: Prof. Marc Walters
Office 556 Brown (Molecular Design Institute)
Tel: 998-8477, Email: marc.walters@nyu.edu
Course Location 7 E 12th St. Rm 125
Mon,Wed 9.30 AM - 10.45 AM
Office hours: By appointment
.
Professor Marc Walters
Text: Inorganic Chemistry,
Miessler and Tarr, 4th Ed.
Date
Sept5
Chapters
2
Topics
Atomic Structure
Sept 10-12
Sept 17-19
3
4
4
Simple Bonding Theory
Symmetry
Symmetry
Sept 24-26
5
Molecular orbitals
Oct 1-3
5, 7-2, 7-3
Molecular orbitals
Oct 8-10
Oct 15
Oct 17
6
Oct 22-24
8
Oct. 29
Oct. 31
Nov 5-7
9 (-1, -2, -4), 10
Nov 12-14
10
11
11
12
Nov 19
Nov 21
Nov 26-28
13
Dec 3-5
14
Dec 10
Dec. 12
16
No class
Quiz 1 (Chap. 2-5)
Holiday
Donor-Acceptor
Chemistry,
Main Group Chemistry
(Selected Topics)
Coordination Chemistry
No class
Coordination Chemistry
Electronic Spectra
Electronic Spectra
Reaction Mechanisms
Quiz 2 (Chap. 6-11)
Magnetic properties
Organometallic
Chemistry
Organometallic
Reactions
Metal ion chemistry
(Special topics)
TBA
Review
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 to materials chemistry.
There will be two exams and a final 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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