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Syllabus

CH 412 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Fall 2001

Instructor:Dr. Arlene Courtney, NS 104
Office Hours: MWF 9-10, W1-2, Th 11-12
Course Description:This course will emphasize the principles of inorganic chemistry that are most useful for predicting and explaining the chemistry of the elements and their most frequently encountered classes of compounds.


COURSE SCHEDULE
Date Topic Assignment
9/24 Chemical Properties & PeriodicityModern Theory of Atomic Structure
The Periodic Table
9/26 Hydration of Cations
Reading		 Periodic Trends
An EXCEL Tutorial
9/28 Reactions of Cations
Reading 		Table C. Shannon-Prewitt Cationic Radii
10/01 Reactions of Oxo Anions 
10/03 Hydrolysis of Oxo Anions
Reading 		 
10/05 Hydrolysis of Oxo Anions
Reading		  
10/08 Common Forms of the Elements in Water
Reading		  
10/10 Reactions of Anions With Cations Problem Set #1 Due
Problem Set
10/12 Solubility Rules
Reading		  
10/15 Precipitation Reactions of Hydrated Ions
Reading
The Ionic Lattice		 Problem Set #2 Due
Problem Set
10/17 Physical & Chemical Properties of Oxides
Reading		  
10/19 EXAM #1  
10/22 Practical & Environmental Chemistry of Oxides
Reading		 
10/24 Polynuclear Oxo Anions
Reading		Polysilicates
10/26 Redox Chemistry of the Elements
Reading		Some Oxidation and Reduction Resources
10/29 Forms of Elements in Natural Waters
Reading		Problem Set #1 Due
Problem Set
10/31 Electromotive Series of the Elements 
11/02 More Redox Chemistry
Reading
Reading		 
11/05 Properties of the Elements Themselves 
11/07 Properties of the Elements Themselves 
11/09 Non-Aqueous Reaction of Metal Ions  
11/14 Coordination Chemistry
Reading		Problem Set #4 Due
11/16 Competitive Precipitation & Complexation Reactions  
11/19 Hard & Soft Acid-Base Principle 
11/21 Applications of HSAB 
11/26 EXAM #2 
11/28 Halides, Nitrides, SulfidesProblem Set #5 Due
12/03Organometallics 
12/05Organometallics 
11/26FINAL EXAMReview Project Due


GRADING SCALE
MIDTERM EXAMS2@100 pts200 pts A: 500-465 pts

B: 464-415 pts

C: 414-365 pts

D: 364-315 pts

F: Below 315 pts
PROBLEM SETS5@30 pts150 pts
FINAL EXAM 100 pts
REVIEW PROJECT 50 pts
 TOTAL500 pts


CLASS POLICIES

It is your responsibility to be present at the times scheduled for exams. There will be NO MAKEUP EXAMS given in this course. If you miss an exam due to illness, you must present the instructor with a written excuse from a medical doctor. In this event, the course grade will be determined by doubling the score obtained on the final exam.

Assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of the lecture period on the day that they are due. There will be a 5 point penalty for each day that an assignment is late.


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