Inorganic Chemistry

Aaron Odom Aaron has a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Michigan State University. His research group studies inorganic and organic synthesis, applications of catalysis to pharmacologically active compounds, and modeling of catalytic reactions. Remi Beaulac Remi Beaulac has a Ph.D. from University of Montreal and is currently a Professor of Chemistry at Swarthmore College. His research is in energy processes in inorganic nanomaterials. Adam R. Johnson Adam R. Johnson is a Professor of Chemistry at Harvey Mudd College where his research group studies chiral early metal complexes. He is a founding member of the Interactive Online Network of Inorganic Chemists. Mitch R. Smith Smith took what he learned about synthesis, reactivity, and mechanistic studies from his mentors Dick Andersen and Greg Hillhouse, and applied them in the field of catalysis. Researchers from Smith's group and those from groups of his collaborators have made important advances in C-H functionalization, electrocatalysis, and polymer science. James K. McCusker Jim McCusker received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and is a Foundation Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Michigan State University. In his research, he studies fundamental aspects and applications of ultrafast processes and magnetic behavior in inorganic complexes. Chip Nataro Chip Nataro is the Marshall R. Metzgar Professor of Chemistry at Lafayette College in Easton, PA, USA. His research focuses on the synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of transition metal compounds with bis(phosphino)metallocene ligands.

1: What is inorganic chemistry, and why study it?
2: A brief review of physical chemistry
3: Basics of bonding: the 2-Center 2-Electron (2c2e) Bond
4: The shapes of main group molecules: the VSEPR Mode
5: Symmetry and group theory
6: Group theory and molecular orbital theory
7: Hybridization-based theories of bonding: applications within the main group
8: Main group bonding
9: Applying bonding principles to main group reactivity and properties
10: Introduction to transition metal chemistry
11: Basics of transition metal bonding 1: Simple ligands including olefins, diatomics, phosphines and hydrides
12: Basics of transition metal bonding 2: conjugated p-systems, metal-ligand multiple bonds, and other ligand types
13: Thermodynamic considerations in reactivity: acid-base theory and redox reactions
14: Understanding transition metal complexes using hybridization-based theory
15: The one-electron picture of transition metal electronic structure
16: Optical spectroscopy and excited state electronic structure
17: Kinetics and mechanisms of ligand substitutions
18: Some practical aspects of mechanism elucidation
19: Reactivity in organometallic chemistry
20: Solid-state chemistry
21: Bioinorganic chemistry
22: f-Element chemistry
Appendix A, Polar covalence
Appendix B, Some representative bond distances and bond energies
Appendix C, Tabulated values for determination of bond order: r0 and b
Appendix D, Character tables
Appendix E, Review of matrix manipulations
Appendix F, Expansion of the AOM to include S4 terms
Appendix G, Matrices associated with strong field parameters
Appendix H, Changes in atomic radius with charge and coordination number
Appendix I, Imaginary numbers and complex conjugates
Appendix J, Standard reduction potentials
Appendix K, Valence orbital energies
Appendix L, Shapes of the f-orbitals
Appendix M, Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO) Molecular Orbital Method Review
Appendix N, Pascals Constants and the Diamagnetic Susceptibility