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Class Schedule

This schedule of assignments and lectures is tentative, and will be updated periodically.  Any changes in assignments or exam dates will be announced in class as well. Clicking on "Topics" will connect you to lecture notes for each major lecture topic or book chapter.  Homework assignments can be obtained by clicking on the "Assignments" button.  The solutions will be posted on this web site.  You can access them by clicking on the assignment once the due date has passed.

Class Date 

Topics

Reading

Assignments Due

September 1 & 3 Intro (powerpoint)  Atomic Structure(text) (powerpoint)                  

Chapters  1 & 2

(not 2.2-2.21 either edition)

Assignment 1
September 8 & 10 Simple Bonding Theory (review of valence bond theory)(powerpoint) Chapter 3 Assignment 2

September 15, 17, 22 & 24

Symmetry and Group Theory (text) (powerpoint) Chapter 4 Assignment 3
Assignment 4- Take home exam questions
September 29 Molecular Orbitals (text) (Powerpoint) (Intro) Chapter 5 Assignment 5
October 1 Take home assignment due at beginning of class Assignment 4- Take home exam questions Turn in Assignment 4
October 6 Molecular Orbitals (text) (Powerpoint) Chapter 5 Assignment 5
October  8 Hourly Examination I Thursday, In Class
October 13

No Class - Monday Schedule

 
October  15 & 20 Acids & Bases (powerpoint) Introductory Material, sections 6.4.6, 6.4.7,6.6, 6.6.1 + lecture notes Assignment 6
October 22 & 27 Crystalline Solids(text) (powerpoint) Chapter 7 (through page 229; sections 7.5-7.6) Assignment 7

October  29 & November 3

Coordination Chemistry I:  Structure & Isomers(text) (Powerpoint) Chapter 9 Assignment 8
November  5 Hourly Examination II Thursday, in class
November 10, 12, 17, 19 Coordination Chemistry II:  Bonding (text) (Powerpoint) Chapter 10 Assignment 9
November 24 Hourly Examination III Tuesday, In Class  

December 1, 3 & 8

 

Electronic Spectra (abridged)

Electronic Spectra I (powerpoint) (Intro)

The Electronic Spectra of Complexes II 

Chapter 11 Assignment 10

Optional Topic

Organometallic Compounds

 

Chapter 13 Assignment 11

Office Hours- Thurs, Dec 17

10-11:15, Olny 502b

     

Final Exam - Thursday, December 17, 11:30AM-2:30PM; Olney 517

Final Examination- click for link to study topics

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