Structures and Isomers of Coordination Complexes – 3 lectures
Reading: M & T* Chapter 9
Nomenclature
Isomerism
Coordination Numbers and Structures
Symmetry Considerations
Bonding in Coordination Complexes – 3 lectures
Reading: M & T Chapter 10
Valence Bond Theory
Crystal Field Theory
Molecular-Orbital Theory
Physical Methods for Characterization of Coordination Complexes – 4 lectures
Reading: M & T Various Sections
Diffraction Methods – X-Ray and Neutron
Absorption Spectroscopy – UV-vis, IR, and Raman
Resonance Techniques – NMR, EPR, and Mössbauer
Ionization-based Techniques – Photoelectron, and MS
Chemical Analysis – AA, EA, and Thermal Methods
Magnetometry, Electrochemical, and Computational Techniques
Reactions of Coordination Compounds – Substitution Processes – 5 lectures
Reading: M & T Chapter 12
Inert and Labile Compounds
Mechanisms of Substitution
Stereochemistry of Reactions
Synthetic Applications
Reactions of Coordination Compounds – Redox Processes – 5 lectures
Reading: M & T Chapter 12
Inner-Sphere Mechanism
Outer-Sphere Mechanism
Marcus-Hush Theory for Self-Exchange Reactions
The Inverted Region
Mixed-valence Compounds
Synthetic Applications
Electronic Spectra of Coordination Complexes – 9 lectures
Reading: M & T Chapter 11
Ligand Field Theory – Origins of d-Orbital Splitting
Multielectron Atoms and Term Symbols
Selection Rules for Electronic Transitions
Orgel Diagrams
Tanabe-Sugano Diagrams
The Spectrochemical Series
Charge-Transfer Spectra
Applications of Coordination Complexes
Student Oral Presentations
*M & T refers to the required textbook for this course, namely “Inorganic Chemistry”, Third Edition, by Gary L. Miessler and Donald A. Tarr, Pearson Prentice Hall Publishers, 2004.