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C. E. Housecroft, A. G. Sharpe, “Inorganic Chemistry,” 3rd or 4th Eds., Pearson, 2008 or 2012.

A. Ghosh, S. Berg, “Arrow Pushing in Inorganic Chemistry: A Logical Approach to the Chemistry of the Main Group Elements.” J. Wiley, 2014.

1. F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C. A. Murillo and M. Bochmann, "Advanced Inorganic Chemistry," 6th Ed., J. Wiley, New York, 1999. 2. N. Wiberg, “Hollemann-Wiberg, Inorganic Chemistry,” Academic Press, 2001. The most recent English translation of the famous “Lehrbuch der Anorganischen Chemie,” a classic German textbook that has gone through 102 editions, from 1900 to 2007! 3. D. F. Shriver et al. "Inorganic Chemistry," 6th Ed., W. H. Freeman Press, 2014. 4. N. N. Greenwood, A. Earnshaw, "Chemistry of the Elements," 2nd Ed., Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford, 1997. 5. J. Emsley, “The Elements,” 3rd Ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998. 6. J. E. Huheey, E. A. Keiter and R. L. Keiter, "Inorganic Chemistry," 4th Ed., Harper Collins, New York, 1993. 7. A. F. Wells, "Structural Inorganic Chemistry," 5th Ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1984. 8. G. Wilkinson, R. Gillard, J. McCleverty, “Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry,” Pergamon, 1987 (7 volumes – effectively a “giant” Cotton and Wilkinson!) 9. M. Smith, “March’s Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms and Structures,” 5th Ed., J. Wiley, New York, 2001. (Newer editions also available)

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10. G. Wilkinson, F. G. A. Stone, E. W. Abel, Eds., “Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry,” Pergamon, New York, 1982. 11. G. Wilkinson, F. G. A. Stone, E. W. Abel, “Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry II,” Pergamon, New York, 1995. 12. G.L. Miessler, P.J. Fischer, and D.A. Tarr, Inorganic Chemistry, 5th Ed., Pearson Hall, New York, 2014. (Both Miessler and Fischer received their PhD’s from Minnesota)

1. "Inorganic Syntheses," McGraw Hill; Wiley, 36 volumes to date. 2. M. Fieser and L. Fieser, "Reagents for Organic Synthesis," Wiley. This series could well be entitled "Reagents for Synthesis" since the information contained therein is invaluable for all areas of chemical syntheses. 3. G. Brauer, "Handbook of Inorganic Chemistry," Vols. I and II, Academic Press, 1965. 4. W. A. Hermann, Ed. "Synthetic Methods of Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry," Volumes 1-9, Thieme, New York, 1996-2000. 5. D. F. Shriver, M. A. Drezdzon "The Manipulation of Air-Sensitive Compounds," 2nd Ed., Wiley Interscience, New York, 1986. (A treasure of information on this topic!) 6. A. L. Wayda, M. Y. Darensbourg, Ed. "Experimental Organometallic Chemistry," ACS Symposium Series 357, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1987. 7. "Prudent Practices for Handling Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories," National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1995. (Newer edition also available)

Room 111 Smith Hall; NO MAKE UP EXAMS ALLOWED. Room for final: tba. Midterm 1 (111 Smith) Thursday March 9 2:30 – 4:25 p.m. Midterm 2 (111 Smith) Thursday April 13 2:30 – 4:25 p.m. Final (room tba) Saturday May 13 10:00 – 1:00 p.m.

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60% Midterms 30% Final 10% Term paper (chemistry graduate students only)

These will be handed out approximately every two weeks. Answer keys will be handed out afterwards for you to check out your work. In the past, such problem sets were graded by a TA assigned to the course and credit was given for your work. The CSE Dean’s office decided that low enrollment graduate courses (fewer than 20 students) cannot have an assigned TA, so unfortunately no credit can be allowed for this work. If you do a conscientious job, you should be rewarded with good scores on the examinations. There may also be a quiz on the periodic table.* You should learn the names (correctly spelled), symbols and positions of all elements, except atomic numbers 58-70 and above 92. * See last page for a practice P.T. quiz!

NOTE: It is assumed that all of you have had introductory (junior/senior level) courses in inorganic and physical chemistry, so elementary aspects of atomic and molecular structure, ligand field theory, thermodynamics and kinetics (rate laws, activation barriers, etc.) will not be discussed in any detail. The following course outline is tentative and subject to change! Note that there is no necessary correlation between reading assignments and lecture material during a given week! Also, the examinations will emphasize mainly topics from lectures, handouts and problem sets, so you should focus on those portions of H & S that are most relevant to lecture, handout, and problem set content!

Finally, be sure to take good lecture notes and attend every lecture since much of the lecture material will emphasize topics either not covered in Housecroft and Sharpe or discussed in a different context or time sequence.

Week Topics Reading (H&S, 3rd Ed., page numbers in parentheses)* *Readings in H&S, 4th Ed., are for the most part identical, with exceptions noted in brackets.

_______________________________________________________________________________ 1 (Jan 17, 19) Lewis structures, electronegativities, Ch 1 (§1.1, 1.8 (periodic VSEPR, synthesis and reactions of table), 1.10) Bromine fluorides, [BrFx]z, or “VSEPR Ch 2 (§2.1 2.2, 2.4, 2.5, in Action.” 2.6, 2.8, 2.9)

Ch 3(§3.11 “Inorganic” NMR [4th Ed., Ch 4, §4.8] _________________________________________________________________________________

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_________________________________________________________________________________ 2 (Jan 24, 26) Comparisons of the reactivity, stability and CH7 (all sections; geometry of C, N, and O compounds with mostly review and will formally analogous B, Si, P & S species not be discussed in lecture, but you are expected to understand these concepts!) Ch 8 (§8.1, 8.2 (pp. 213- 217 only), §8.4, 8.5) [4th Ed., 8.2, pp. 244-248] _________________________________________________________________________________ 3 (Jan 31, Feb 2) Use of bulky substituents in stabilizing Ch 9 (except §9.13) multiple bonds between B, Si, P & S and Ch 10 (read carefully, other atoms there is a wealth of information in this short chapter!) _________________________________________________________________________________ 4 (Feb 7, 9) Disilenes, phosphaalkynes and related Ch 11 species. Properties of hydrogen and its Ch 12 compounds. Comparison with Li, Na, F and Cl. Disproportionation reactions. _________________________________________________________________________________ 5 (Feb 14, 16) Continuation of hydrogen chemistry, Ch 13 (§13.1, 13.4-13.9) 3-center-2-electron bonds. Ch 14 (§14.1, 14.3-14.7 (excluding Zintl ions, 14.8-14.13) _________________________________________________________________________________6 Feb 21, 23) Binary hydrogen compounds of main Ch 15 (Complex group elements. chemistry in this chapter… Read carefully!!) 7 (Feb 28, Mar 2) More on main group hydrogen compounds; Ch 19 (Main group syntheses, structures and reaction chemistry. organometallic chemistry) [4th Ed. Ch 23] _________________________________________________________________________________8 (Mar 7, 9†) Properties of B2H6 comparisons of Ch 20 (Intro to Transition †Midterm 1 BH4

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_________________________________________________________________________________ 9 (Mar 21, 23) Main group metals and their Ch 21 (D-block metal organometallic chemistry chemistry; most of this review of Chem 4701); nothing on (§21.5-21.9) [4th Ed., Ch 20; nothing on §20.5-20.10] 10 (March 28, 30) Continuation of main group metal Ch 22 (Aspects of 3d- chemistry block chemistry) [4th. Ed. Ch 21] 11 (Apr 4, 6) Properties of transition metals in Ch 23 (aspects of 4d, 5d- compounds; 3 classes of T.M. complexes; block chemistry) 18 electron rule. [4th Ed. Ch 22] 12 (Apr 11, 13†) High-spin and low-spin complexes; Ch 24 (Organometallic †Midterm 2 application of 18 electron rule to T.M. compounds of d-block chemistry; metal carbonyl chemistry elements) April 13 MIDTERM EXAM 2, 111 Smith Thursday, 2:30 – 4:25 13 (Apr 18, 20) Comparison of 1st row vs 2nd and 3rd row Handout on these topics T.M. compounds; M—M bonding _________________________________________________________________________________ 14 (Apr 25, 27 Continuation of TM chemistry 15 (May 2, 4) Finish TM chemistry; review practice final May 13 FINAL EXAM Saturday, 3 hour exam, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

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