CHY 421 Inorganic Chemistry

Pingora Peak (right) and Wolfe's Head (center), Cirque of the Towers, Wind River Range, Wyoming.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

due Tuesday, October 7th: 

1. Projection operator D4h

2. Computational Exercise: MO Diagram for PF5 (pdf) (solution) Spartan files to accompany PF5 MO diagram Computational Exercise

• • • CE PF5 (DFT)

3. Acid-Base worksheet (pdf)

revised chapter presentations:

chapter 9 (ppt) (pdf)

chapter 10 (ppt) (pdf)

chapter 11 (ppt) (pdf)

    in-class Term Symbol exercise p2 and d2 (pdf)

    in-class d8 Tanabe-Sugano example (pdf)

    in-class d8 T-S example solution (pdf)

    in-class Cr(III) T-S example (pdf)

chapter 12 (ppt) (pdf)

chapter 13 (ppt) (pdf)

chapter 14 (ppt) (pdf)

Catalysis Presentation (pdf)

Catalysis Project

• • project rubric (pdf)

  • short article on homogeneous TM catalysts (pdf)

  • book chapter on olefin polymerization (pdf)

  • sample presentation: Wilkinson's catalyst (pdf)

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