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Atoms, Molecules and Research (AMR) 2003/04
A Learning Community in Upper Division Chemistry
| Inorganic Chemistry Homework - Spring Quarter |  |
| Week |
Chapter |
Problems |
Due Date | Answer
Keys |
| 9 | 11 | 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 26 | ||
| 8 | Determine reducible representations for t2g squared, t2geg and eg squared electron configurations. Reduce them to their irreducible components (answers given in class) | Week 9, Thursday | Answer Key | |
| 11 | 11, 12, 27 | |||
| 7 | determine the reducible representation for the sigma and pi bonding ligands in a square planar (ML4) complex and reduce them to their irreducible components | Week 8, Friday | Answer Key | |
| 11 | 3, 5 | |||
| 6 | 10 | 9, 11, 12, 14 | Week 7, Friday | Answer Key |
| 5 | Re do Midterm exam | Week 6, Wednesday | Answer Key | |
| 4 | 10 | 1 (b, c & e only), 2, 3, 4, 13, 17, 21 (a, b, d, & e only) | Week 5, Friday | Answer Key |
| 3 | See this sheet | Week 4, Friday | answer key | |
| 2 | 9 | 6, 8, 9, 13 | Week 3, Friday | Answer Key |
| 1 | 9 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12 | Week 2, Friday | Answer Key |
Important concepts
to learn:
Week |
Concepts |
| 7 | MO diagram of square planar complexes, ground state term symbols for various d electron configurations |
| 6 | tetragonal distortion of octahedral complexes |
| 4 | MO diagram for tetrahedral complexes, tetrahedral splitting, magnetic properties of coordination compounds |
| 3 | Lignad field theory, octahedral splitting, drawing MO diagrams for octahedral complexes |
| 2 | different types of isomerism in coordination compounds, models for explaining the coordination bond (with examples) and why some models failed, calculate the crystal field stabilization energy of a given transition metal ion |
| 1 | History and nomenclature of coordination compounds |