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 COURSE MATERIAL
 

We will use the following textbook:

Shriver & Atkins: Inorganic Chemistry 5th edition 2009

Student help can be found here

 
 

Study Plan - download in pdf

The material to be covered at each session is described below.

Please prepare by reading relevant chapters and do exercises before class. Problems will be solved together.

 

DATE

SECTIONS

PAGES

EXERCISES

PROBLEMS

KEY WORDS

 

2/2

1.4-1.9

2.1-2.3

2.10-2.16

9-31

34-38

50-51

1.12 + 1.13 +1.14 + 1.19 + 1.21 + 1.23 + 1.24 + 1.25 + 2.1 + 2.2 + 2.19 +2.20

1.2 + 1.7 +

“draw and name all 5 d-orbitals”

quantum mechanics, orbitals, aufbau-principle, ionization potential, ionic radii, VSEPR, bond order, oxidation states

 

9/2

 

4.3-4.4

4.9-4.12

5.1-5.4

121-123

131-140

148-154

4.14 + 4.17 + 5.11 + 5.22

4.5 + 4.12

Brønsted + lewis acid/base, HSAB, oxidation, reduction, solvation

 

16/2

 

6.1-6.5

179-191

6.1 + 6.3 + “Give examples of symmetry for 3 macroscopic items”

6.3 + +”Discuss symmetry of the d-orbitals” + Practise Figure 6.9

symmetry groups, labels, elements, vibrations, isomerism, chirality

 

23/2

 

7.1.-7.15

199-220

7.1 + 7.4 + 7.5 + 7. 6 + 7.7 + 7. 9 + 7.10 + 7.14

7.4 + 7.10

Coord chem.: configurations, ligands, nomenclature,  coord. numbers, isomerism, chelate effect, formation constants

 

2/3

 

8.1-8.10

+ “computational techniques”

223-245

 

250-251

8.5 + 8.12 + 8.14 + 8.16

Suggest methods to study complexes of  Fe3+,Zn2+,Mn2+

X-ray, UV/IR/Raman, EPR, NMR, Mössbauer ionization techniques, DFT

 

9/3

 

19.1-19.6

19.7-19.11

449-460

460-471

19.1 + 19.4 + 19.5 + 19.9 + 19.12

19.2

TM, occurrence, trends, halides, oxides, sulfides, nitride, metal-metal bonding

 

16/3

 

20.1

20.2

20.5-20.6

20.8-20.9

473-483

483-487

497-501

502-504

20.1 + 20.4 + 20.5 + 20.8 + 20.14 + 20.22

20.8 + 20.10

crystal field theory, spectrochem. series,  LFSE, spin, Jahn-Teller,ligand field, MLCT, LMCT

 

23/3

 

21.1-21.2

21.4

21.8-21.9

21.10-21.12

507-512

514-516

522-524

524-529

21.5 + 21.15 +

“Describe d-orbitals of Mn/Fe/Co/Ni in 2+/3+ and Oh + Td with respect to ET”

21.5 + 21.6

ligand substitution: associate, dissociative, interchange, trans effect, steric effects, ET, Irving-Williams, Marcus equation

 

30/3

 

22.1-22.14

22.18-22.19

22.23-22.26

534-551

553-564

572-575

22.1 + 22.2 + 22.7 (Hint: Tabe 22.7)

22.12 + 22.20

22.6 + 22.8

organometallics, 18-electron rule, 16 electron systems, backbonding, carbonyls, metallocenes, metathesis, insertion

 

13/4

 

26.1-26.8

26.10-26.16

 

690-703

704-716

26.2 + 26.3 + 26.4 + 26.9 + 26.12

26.1 + 26.2

catalytic cycle, turnover number, homogeneous & heterogeneous catalysis, Wilkinson’s/Ziegler-Natta catalyst, selectivity

 

20/4

 

27.1-27.2

27.3-27.6

27.7-27.8

722-731

731-738

738-745

27.2 + 27.3 + 27.5

27.2

+ Exam-type problems

cell structure + elements in life, amino acid & special ligands, transport, Transcription,

Mg/DNA, medicine

 

27/4

 

27.9-27.11

27.17-27.21

745-763

772-778

27.6 + “Discuss use of Zn versus Fe  in enzymes”

Exam-type problems

Biocatalysis, enzymes with metals, metals in medicine + perspectives

 

4/5

 

Read and prepare for questions and “difficult topics”

Repetition of previous exercises

+ exam problems

Exam-type problems

Repetition