CHEM-UA 711 Inorganic Chemistry
Instructor: Prof. Marc Walters
Office 556 Brown (Molecular Design Institute)
Tel: 998-8477, Email: marc.walters@nyu.edu
Lect: 12 Waverly L-120 Mon, Wed 9.30 -10.45 AM
Rec: 25 W. 4th St. C-8, Tues 8:00 – 9:15
Rec: Waverly 431, 3:30 – 4:45
Office hours: Tues 2 - 3
Text: Inorganic Chemistry,
Miessler and Tarr, 5th Ed.
Date
Jan 25
Jan 27
Chapters
Introduction
2
Topics
Atomic Structure
Feb 1 - 3
3
4
Simple Bonding Theory
Symmetry
Feb 8 - 10
4
Symmetry and Group
Theory
Feb 15 - 17
President’s Day
5
No class
Molecular Orbitals
Feb 22 - 24
5, 7-2, 7-3
Molecular Orbitals
Feb 29
Mar 7
5
Molecular Orbitals
Quiz 1 (Chap. 2-5)
Mar 14 -16
6
Donor-Acceptor
Chemistry
Mar 21 - 23
Spring Break
Mar 28 - 30
8
Main Group Chemistry
(Selected Topics)
Mar 28 - Apr 1
9 (-1, -2, -4), 10
Coordination Chemistry
Apr 4 - 6
10
Coordination Chemistry
Apr 11-13
10
11
Electronic Spectra
Apr 18 - 20
12
Reactions and
Mechanisms
Apr 25 - 27
13
Organometallic Chem
Quiz 2 (Chap. 6-11)
May 2 - 4
14
16
Catalysis
Bioinorganic chemistry
May 9
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 three exams 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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