Overview
Description
Atomic structure; types of bonding; relationships among molecular structure and symmetry, physical properties, and reactivity of the elements and their compounds.
Requirements
Corequisites
CHEM 422
Original catalog text
Corequisites
Corequisite(s): CHEM 422.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- draw and explain advanced Lewis structures for compounds of p-block elements that depict the correct number of valence electrons and the correct spatial arrangements of atoms.
- identify and explain coordination geometries and diastereoisomerism.
- draw d orbital splitting diagrams to determine high and low spin configurations and to predict magnetic properties.
- describe the nature of the metal-ligand interaction using simple orbital diagrams.
- calculate electron count as it pertains to the 18-electron rule.
- draw orbital diagrams for bonding interactions of common organometallic ligands.
- construct and explain the electronic structure of transition metal complexes.
- explain and apply the fundamentals of symmetry and group theory.