Schedule                                 CHM 320                                        Fall, 2007
 

Date

Assignment

Topic

Lab

W 8/29

6.11 (178-180)

Course Introduction

 

F 8/31

19.5- (538-539)

Demands on a Theory of Coordination Complexes:  Color

Intro. Lit. /Library Rm. 29 2:00 PM

 

 

 

 

M 9/3

 

Labor Day

 

T 9/4 (M)

19.6

Demands on Theory, II:  Oxidation States; Ionic/Covalent, etc.

 

W 9/5

19.7 (skim), p. 625

6.7

Demands on Theory III:  Coordination Number; A. Werner.

 

H 9/6

 

11:00 Library 29: Open Library Session on resources in science with emphasis on electronic databases (no reg. req.)

 

F 9/7

p. 184;   CHM320 www

Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds

 

Synthesis of Known;

Exploratory Reactions

 

 

 

 

M 9/10

19.8 (547-552)

Isomerism

 

W 9/12

21.10 (624-630)

Overview of Cobalt Chemistry

 

F 9/14

6-6.8 (162-174)

6.13 (186-188), 835-7

 

Acid/Base Theories, Hard/Soft Acids and Bases

Synthesis of Unknown

 

 

 

 

M 9/17

5.13-5.16 (152-158); 19.6

Ionic vs. covalent:  Fajan's Rules http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajans_rules

 

W 9/19

1.11; 1.14; 23-23.3 (700-709)

Bonding in Complexes: Sidgewick EAN replaces Lewis Octet

 

F 9/21

1.7-1.10

Electronic Structure; Slater's Rules

Quant. Anal. H2O

 

 

 

 

M 9/24

 

Test I

 

 W 9/26

1.12; 1.19-1.20; 4.1-4.3

Valence Bond Theory

 

F 9/28

1.15-1.16

Electronegativity/Dipole Moments

Ion Exchange Chrom.

 

 

 

 

M 10/1

20.1-20.2; 541-2

VBT for Coordination Compounds; Kepert Model

 

W 10/3

20.3

Shapes of Orbitals; Crystal Field Theory for Octahedral

 

F 10/5

20.3

CFT for Tetrahedral, Square Planar; Jahn-Teller

Quant. Anal. Co or Cl

 

 

 

 

M 10/8

 

Columbus Day

 

W 10/10

20.9

Ligand Field Stabilization Energy

 

F 10/12

20.10-20.11

CFT Thermodynamic Aspects

Quant. Anal. Co or Cl

 

 

 

 

M 10/15

3-3.3 (79-85)

Symmetry Elements and Operations

 

W 10/17

3.4

Point Groups

 

F 10/19

3.5

Representations of Point Groups

NH3 or Conductivity

 

 

 

 

M 10/22

App. 3; 320 www

Character Tables

 

W 10/24

3.6, 3.7

Vibrational Modes

 

F 10/26

3.8

Chiral Molecules

NH3 or Conductivity

 

 

 

 

M 10/29

 

Test II

 

 W 10/31

1.13; 4.4

Molecular Orbital Theory

 

F 11/2

 4.4

LGO/Group Theoretical Approach to MOT

Oxalate Analysis

 

 

 

 

M 11/5

20.4

Molecular Orbitals in Octahedral Complexes

 

W 11/7

20.4

MOT: Pi Bonding

 

F 11/9

20.4

MOT:  Square Planar and Tetrahedral Complexes

UV/Vis or IR spectroscopy

 

 

 

 

M 11/12

20.6

Spectroscopy; Selection Rules

 

W 11/14

20.6

Orgel Diagrams

 

F 11/16

20.6, 20.7

Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams

UV/Vis or IR spectroscopy

 

 

 

 

M 11/19

23.10, 23.13

Alkyl, aryl, alkene, alkyne complexes

First Draft Due

W 11/21

 

Thanksgiving Break

 

F 11/23

 

Thanksgiving Break

 

 

 

 

 

M 11/26

23.7; p. 789, 802-804

Types of Organometallic Reactions; ZN and FT Catalysts; olefin metathesis

 

W 11/28

20.8

Magnetic Susceptibility Technique

 

F 11/30

25.1-25.2;  25.4-25.5

Topics in Kinetics

Magnetic Susceptibility

 

 

 

 

M 12/3

 

Test III

 

W 12/5

28.1, 28.3

Trace Metals of Life: Hemoglobin

 

F 12/7

Review

 

Final Draft due

 

 

 

 

F 12/14

8:00 A:  Final Exam

https://portal.kutztown.edu/finalexamschedule.asp