CHEM 6050 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I: Symmetry, Structure, and Reactivity

Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.

Prerequisite: CHEM 3890-CHEM 3900 or equivalent or permission of instructor.

P. Wolczanski.

A group theoretical analysis of bonding in main group compounds will be followed by a survey of modern coordination chemistry, including rudimentary spectroscopy and magnetism, and a detailed study of organometallic chemistry. The latter will feature bonding motifs, and mechanistic investigations.