CHY 421 Assignments Page

Modules:

    Module 1: ClF5 (pdf, solution pdf)

    Module 1: PCl2F3 (pdf, solution pdf)

    Module 1: SF6 (pdf, solution pdf)

    Module 3: CH2O (pdf, solution pdf)

    Module 3: Fe(CO)5 (pdf, solution pdf)

    Module 3 - Vibrational Analysis_EX2(CO)2 (pdf, soln)

    Module 3B - VibrationalAnalysis_M(CO)5 (pdf, soln) 

    Module 4 - MO diagram (pdf, soln)

    Module 5 - Projection Operator (pdf, soln)

    Module 7/8 - Coord. Chem. (pdf, soln)

    Module 7/8B - Coord. Chem. (pdf, soln)

    Module 9 - T.M. Electronic Spectra (pdf, soln)

Suggested Meissler Homework Assignments:

    Chapter 2: 2, 5, 10, 15, 23, 27. (solutions)

    Chapter 3: 2, 8, 27, 41, 43. (solutions)

    Chapter 4: 4, 5, 13, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, 33, 39. (solutions)

    Chapter 5: 3, 7, 10, 20, 24, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34. (solutions)

    Chapter 6: 1, 4, 13, 17, 19, 30, 33, 34, 37, 39. (solutions)

     Chapter 9: 3, 8, 12, 15, 17. (solutions)

     Chapter 10: 8, 14, 17, 24, 28. (solutions)

     Chapter 11: 6, 7, 11, 13, 15, 16, 22, 25, 27, 30. (solutions)

     Chapter 12: 1, 5, 8, 11, 14. (solutions)

     Chapter 13: 4, 6, 14, 15, 19, 25, 41. (solutions)

List of Worksheets by Chapter:

Chapters 2 & 3: Basics

• Periodic Trends (pdf) (solutions)

• Intermolecular Forces (pdf) (solutions)

• SlaterShielding and Effective Nuclear Charge (pdf) (solutions)

• Lewis and VSEPR  (pdf) (solutions)

• Spartan Tutorial (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercises 1 & 2: Methods (pdf) (CE1solutions, CE2solutions)

Chapter 4 & 5: Group Theory and MO Theory

• Symmetry and Point Groups (pdf) (solutions)

• MO part 1: Simple Molecular Orbital Theory (pdf) (solutions)

• MO part 2: MO Diagrams for Diatomic Molecules (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercises 3 & 4: Simple Bonding  (pdf) (CE3solutions, CE4solutions)

• MO part 3: MO Diagrams for Larger Molecules (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 6: Diborane MO (pdf) (Projection Operator solutions, Table of orbitals, orbitals)

• Computational Exercise 8:  Nitroxyl (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 13:  Benzene stacks (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 5: Projection Operator PtCl4 dianion (pdf) (solutions, Spartan assignments)

Chapter 6: Acids and Bases

• Acids and Bases (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 7:  Electrostatic Potentials of Acids (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 9:  BF3NH3 Adduct (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 10:  Acetylene-Bromine  Adduct (pdf) (solutions)

Chapters 9, 10, 11, & 12: Coordination Chemistry

• Transition Metal 1: Structures and Isomers (pdf) (solutions)

• Transition Metals 2: Crystal Field Theory (pdf) (solutions)

• Transition Metals 3: Ligand Field Theory (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 11:  TiH6 dianion MOs (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 12:  TiF6 dianion MOs (pdf) (solutions) Excel Sheet for MO Analysis (excel)

• Computational Exercise 14:  Transition Metal Carbonyls IR analyses (pdf) (solutions) Excel Sheet for IR Analyses (excel)

• Computational Exercise 16:  LFT Strong Field/Weak Field Ligands (pdf) (solutions)

• Transition Metals 4: Spectroscopy1 (pdf) (solutions)

• Transition Metals 5: Spectroscopy 2 (pdf) (solutions) Jahn-Teller Distortions (pdf)

• Transition Metals 6: Reaction Mechanisms (pdf) (solutions)

Chapter 13: Organometallic Chemistry

• Organometallics: 18 electron rule (pdf) (solutions)

• Organometallics: reaction mechanisms (pdf) (solutions)

• Computational Exercise 15:  Zeise's Anion (pdf) (solutions)