Structural Inorganic Chemistry (433-0-20)
Instructors
Tobin Jay Marks
Meeting Info
Technological Institute M345: Mon, Wed, Fri 8:00AM - 8:50AM
Overview of class
Chemical applications of group theory, and the determination of inorganic and organic molecular and extended structures by modern physical techniques.
Registration Requirements
Prerequisite: previous inorganic chemistry course or by permission of the instructor.
Learning Objectives
1. Develop an understanding of the basics of group theory, symmetry operations, representations, and symmetry elements relevant to describing and determining chemical structures
2. Develop an understanding of and the ability to determine the point groups of molecules and their symmetry elements.
3. Understand the principles of vibrational spectroscopy (infrared and Raman) and their applications to determining molecular structures.
4. Understand the principals of group vibrations, isotopic substitution experiments, resonance Raman spectroscopy, and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and their applications to determining molecular structures.
5. Understand the principals of solution phase NMR spectroscopy, spin-spin coupling, dynamic NMR spectroscopy, high resolution solid state NMR spectroscopy, 2-D NMR spectroscopy, and paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy, and their applications to determining molecular structures.
6. Understand the principals of solution phase and solid state EPR spectroscopy; ENDOR
7. Understand the principals of Mössbauer spectroscopy and it's applications to determining molecular structures.
8. Understand crystal lattices, their description using group theory and translation symmetry elements, and their diffraction of x-rays, and their applications to determining molecular structures.
9. Understand the principals of x-ray diffraction by polycrystalline and single-crystalline materials, the instrumentation involved, and how structures are determined by diffraction techniques, and the accuracies which can be obtained. Understand their applications to determining molecular structures.
10. Understand the principals of x-ray diffraction by thin films, and their utility in structure determination.
11. Understand the principals of neutron diffraction by crystalline materials its application to determining molecular structures.
12. Understand the principals of XAS and XANES spectroscopy their applications to determining molecular and electronic structures.
Class Materials (Required)
Title: Structural Methods in Molecular Inorganic Chemistry
Author: Rankin et al.
Publisher: Wiley, 2013
ISBN: 9780470972786
Approx. price: $75 new, $36 rental
Class Materials (Suggested)
Title: Chemical Applications of Group Theory, 3rd edition
Author: F. A. Cotton
ISBN: 9780471510949
Approx. price: $231 new, $97 rental