CHEM 5840 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Goals: To introduce and develop classical and modern concepts of inorganic chemistry.

Content: Periodic, chemical, and physical properties of the elements; symmetry and group theory; ionic and covalent bonding; acid-base chemistry; kinetics and mechanisms; metals and semiconductors; electronic spectra of coordination complexes; organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry; the application of molecular orbital theory; and quantum mechanical calculations.

Taught: Annually.

Prerequisites: CHEM 1140 (grade C- or better).

Credits: 4 credits