CHY 421: Inorganic Chemistry Notes

The links below are either my personal notes (HT) or they are resources that I have found on the web over the years. In the latter case, I have saved the content as pdf files and tried to reference them as best I could. Please consider all these resources copyright protected.

• • Introduction-HT (pdf)

  • Group Theory-HT * Chapter 4(pdf)

  • Molecular Orbital Theory-HT * Chapter 5 (pdf)

  • MO Theory: Intro. to Projection Operator -HT (pdf)

  • MO Theory: Projection Operator Octahedral-HT (pdf)

  • Acid-Base Chemistry-HT * Chapter 6 (pdf)

  • Acid-Base Molecular Orbital Approach-UC Berkeley (pdf)

  • Acid-Base Molecular Orbital Approach II-HT (pdf)

  • Main Group Chemistry-HT * Chapter 8 (pdf)

  • Main Group Chemistry-HT-history * Chapter 8 (pdf)

  • Transition Metal: Structure-HT * Chapter 9 (pdf)

  • Transition Metal: Bonding-HT * Chapter 10 (pdf)

  • Transition Metal: Electronic Spectra-HT * Chapter 11 (pdf)

  • T.M. Electronic Spectra part 1 (reviewed in class Nov 12) (pdf)

  • T.M. Electronic Spectra part 2 (a slightly different view) (pdf)

  • Transition Metal: Reaction Mechanisms-HT * Chapter 12 (pdf)

  • Transition Metal: Reaction Mechanisms II- U of Guelph (pdf)

  • Organometallic Chemistry: Intro.-HT * Chapter 13 (pdf)

  • Organometallic Chemistry-HT * Chapter 13 (pdf) 

  • Organometallic Chemistry: Catalysis-J. Gulerry-Zomia, Quirica Inorganica 2010 (pdf)

  • Basics Bioinorganic Chemistry-L. Kienle, Max-Planck-Institut (pdf)

    Literature Resources for Inorganic Chemistry, U of KY, Dept. of Chemistry (pdf)

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