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Chem 325: Inorganic Chemistry
This text addresses the chemistry of the main group elements and an introduction to transition metal chemistry.
- Author
- Joya Cooley
- Publisher
- California State University, Fullerton
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 74 sections
- 01: Atoms
- 1.01: What is Inorganic Chemistry
- 1.02: The Nuclear Atom
- 1.03: Chemical Elements
- 1.04: Discovery of Subatomic Particles and the Bohr Atom
- 1.05: The Schrodinger equation particle in a box and atomic wavefunctions
- 1.06: Quantum Numbers and Atomic Wave Functions
- 1.07: Shielding
- 1.08: Aufbau Principle
- 1.09: Periodic Properties of Atoms
- 1.9.01: Ionization energy
- 1.9.02: Electron Affinity
- 1.9.03: Covalent and Ionic Radii
- 02: Molecules
- 2.01: Lewis Theory - An Overview
- 2.02: Lewis Electron-Dot Diagrams
- 2.2.01: Resonance
- 2.2.02: Breaking the octet rule with higher electron counts (hypervalent atoms)
- 2.2.03: Formal Charge
- 2.2.04: Lewis fails to predict unusual cases- Boron and Beryllium
- 2.03: Polar Covalent Bonds and Electrostatic Potential Maps
- 2.04: Molecular Polarity
- 2.05: Valence Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion
- 2.5.01: Lone Pair Repulsion
- 2.5.02: Multiple Bonds
- 2.5.03: Electronegativity and Atomic Size Effects
- 2.5.04: Ligand Close Packing
- 2.06: Molecular Orbital Theory
- 03: Molecular Symmetry
- 3.01: Introduction
- 3.02: Symmetry Elements and Operations
- 3.03: Successive Operations
- 3.04: Point Groups
- 3.05: Groups of Low and High Symmetry
- 3.06: Other Groups
- 3.07: Character Tables
- 3.08: Molecular Vibrations
- 04: Acids Bases and Ions in Aqueous Solution
- 4.01: The Equilibrium Constant Expression
- 4.02: Arrhenius Concept
- 4.03: Brnsted-Lowry Concept
- 4.04: Rules of Thumb for thinking about the relationship between Molecular Structure and Brnsted Acidity and Basicity
- 4.05: Lewis Acids and Bases
- 4.06: Lewis Concept of Acids and Bases
- 4.07: Acid-Base Chemistry in Amphoteric Solvents and the Solvent Levelling Effect
- 4.08: Thermodynamics
- 4.09: Ligands
- 4.10: What is a Complex Ion
- 4.11: Chelating Ligands
- 4.12: The Chelate Effect (and Macrocycle Effect)
- 4.13: Equilibria Involving Complex Ions
- 4.14: Hard and Soft Acid and Base Theory
- 05: d-Block Metal Chemistry- General Considerations
- 5.01: Oxidation States of Transition Metals
- 5.02: General Properties of Transition Metals
- 5.03: Introduction to Transition Metals I
- 5.04: Introduction to Transition Metals II
- 5.05: Werners Theory of Coordination Compounds
- 5.06: Coordination Numbers and Structures
- 5.07: Structural Isomers- Ionization Isomerism in Transition Metal Complexes
- 5.08: Structural Isomers- Coordination Isomerism in Transition Metal Complexes
- 5.09: Structural Isomers- Linkage Isomerism in Transition Metal Complexes
- 5.10: Stereoisomers- Geometric Isomers in Transition Metal Complexes
- 5.11: Stereoisomers- Geometric Isomers in Transition Metal Complexes II
- 5.12: Optical Isomers in Inorganic Complexes
- 5.12.01: Enantiomers in Octahedral Complexes with Bidentate Ligands
- 5.12.02: Identifying Planes of Symmetry in Octahedral Complexes
- 06: d-Block Metal Chemistry- Coordination Compounds
- 6.01: Crystal Field Theory
- 6.02: Additional Resources- High and Low Spin
- 6.03: Ligand Field Theory Fundamentals
- 6.04: Spectrochemical Series
- 6.05: Jahn-Teller Distortions
- 6.06: Electronic Spectroscopy- Interpretation