CHEM 360 Inorganic Chemistry

January 9 Tuesday	First Day of Class
	1. Overview 1.1. Ionization energy, electron affinity and electronegativities 1.2. Periodic trends 1.2.1. Elements 1.2.2. Hydrides 1.2.3. Chlorides 1.2.4. Oxides 1.3. VSEPR 1.4. MO theory 1.5. Oxidation state 2. Hydrogen 2.1. Atomic hydrogen 2.2. Molecular hydrogen 2.3. The proton 2.4. Hydrides 2.5. Hydrogen bond 2.6. Isotopes of hydrogen 3. Alkali metals 3.1. Chemical properties 3.2. Macrocyclic ligands 3.3. Lithium 4. Group 2 4.1. Solid salts 4.2. Complexes 4.3. Differences w. magnesium 4.4. Differences w. beryllium 5. Group 13 5.1. Boron 5.1.1. Borohydrides 5.1.2. Oxygen compounds 5.1.3. Nitrogen compounds 5.1.4. Halides 5.2. Aluminium 5.3. Gallium, Indium, and Thallium 6. Group 14 6.1. Carbon 6.1.1. Oxides 6.1.2. Halides 6.1.3. Nitrogen compounds 6.2. Silicon 6.2.1. Comparison w. carbon 6.2.2. Oxides 7. Group 15 (Pnictogen) 7.1. Nitrogen 7.1.1. Hydrides 7.1.2. Oxides 7.1.3. Acids 7.2. Phosphorus 7.2.1. Hydrides 7.2.2. Oxides 7.2.3. Acids 8. Group 16 8.1. Oxygen 8.1.1. Ozone 8.1.2. Water 8.1.3. Hydrogen peroxide 8.2. Chalcogens 8.2.1. Sulfur comparison w. oxygen 8.2.2. Oxides and acids 8.2.3. Halides 9. Group 17 (Halides) 9.1. Fluorine 9.1.1. Hydrogen fluoride 9.2. Chlorine 10. Group 18 (Noble gases) 10.1 CompoundsReferences and background reading R. J. Gillespie, Chem. Soc. Rev., 1992, 21, 59. H. A. Bent, Chem. Rev., 1961, 61, 275 and J. Chem. Edu., 1960, 37, 616. K. Mook and K. Seppelt, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. Engl., 1989, 28, 1676.
March 6	Mid-Term Recess - No Class
March 8	Mid-Term Recess - No Class
April 5	Spring Recess - No Class
	1. Ligand field theory 1.1. Crystal field approach 1.1.1. Octahedral complexes 1.1.2. Square planar and tetrahedral complexes 1.2. Molecular orbital approach 1.3. Magnetic properties of transition metal compounds 2. Coordination Complexes 2.1. Ligands 2.1.1. Ligand types 2.2. Types of complexes 2.3. Nomenclature 3. Halides of Transition Metals 3.1. Structure 3.2. Properties 4. Metals Bonded to Oxygen 4.1. Oxides and oxo-anions 4.1.1. Structure 4.1.2. acid-base behavior 4.2. Aquo ions 5. Metals Bonded to Nitrogen 5.1. Nitrides 5.2. Complexes with N donors 6. Metal Bonded to Carbon 6.1. Carbonyls 6.2. Cyanides 7. Iron: A Typical Transition Metal 7.1. Oxides 7.2. Halides 7.3. Complexes 8. Solid State Chemistry 8.1. Insulators, conductors and semiconductors 8.2. Ionic solids 8.3. Covalent solids 8.3.1. Silicates 8.4. Hydrogen bonded solids 8.5. Molecular solids 8.6. Disorder in crystals
April 24	Class will be held - please attend if possible
April 25	Last Day of Classes

Term Papers:
Graduating Seniors : Papers due: April 26 - May 2, 2007; final grades due to Registrar no later than May 4, 2007.
Non-Graduating Students: Papers due: April 30 - May 7, 2007; grades due no later than May 7, 2007.

Instructor	Andrew R. Barron
Office:	Butcher Hall Rm. 410, x5610
Email Address:	arb@rice.edu
Office Hours by Appointment