Download Structure and Bonding in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

Chemistry 453: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Lecture = 10:00 MWF, SGM 121, Discussion section = 12:00 F, SGM 121
Prof.: Mark Thompson, TA: Ken Hanson
Chem. 453 is an advanced course in Inorganic Chemistry. The intent of this course is to
give you a comprehensive picture of Inorganic chemistry. The course will start with a general
discussion of periodic trends and the periodic table. Ligand types and very simple bonding
pictures will be presented as a precursor to standard classification schemes for metal
complexes. The goal is to be able to determine a priori if a given complex is apt to be stable.
We will then develop a detailed picture of structure and bonding, with emphasis on a molecular
orbital picture of bonding. We will discuss both traditional inorganic complexes as well as
organometallics. We will also discuss the structure and bonding of solid state materials. We
will finish the course with a discussion of mechanistic chemistry, covering substitution,
organometallic and electron transfer reactions.
Miessler & Tarr, “Inorganic Chemistry” (Third Edition)
Text:
Supplemental Texts:
>> Greenwood & Earnshaw, “Chemistry of the Elements”
>>Collman, Hegedus, Norton and Finke, “Principles &
Applications of Organoitransition Metal Chemistry”
>> Huheey, “Inorganic Chemistry”
>> Shriver, Atkins & Langford, “Inorganic Chemistry”
Office/Contact:
Thompson: 268 L.J. Stabler Lab, phone: 740-6402, E-mail: [email protected].
Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday 11:30-12:30
Hanson: 369 L.J. Stabler Lab, phone: 740-9809, E-mail: [email protected]
Office hours: TBD
Grading:
Problem sets: 10% (assigned weekly, reviewed in discussion section)
Midterms (2): 50% (tentatively February 25th and April 8th)
Final:
40% (May 11, 8-10 AM)
Outline
• Introduction, atomic theory, periodic table and trends (Chapts. 1 and 2)
• Ligand types for inorganic complexes, (Chapt. 3 and handouts)
- electronic structure and polarity of ligands
• Classification of metal complexes (hand-outs + Chapts. 8, 9 and 13)
MLX scheme
Oxidation and valence states, 18-electron rule
• Bonding in metal complexes, acid/base -> molecular orbitals
Group theory (Chapt. 4)
Molecular orbitals (Chapt. 5)
General classification of ligands, acid-base / donor-acceptor (Chapt. 6)
• Structure and bonding (Chapts. 9, 10, 13)
• Spectroscopy of metal complexes (Chapt. 11)
• Solid State Chemistry (Handouts and Chapt. 7)
• Reaction mechanisms for metal complexes (Chapts. 12 & 14)
Substitution chemistry of coordination complexes (Chapt. 12)
Organometallic reactions (Chapt. 14)
Electron transfer reactions (Chapt. 12 + hand-outs)
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