Chem 151A: Inorganic Chemistry
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Instructor Scott Oliver
Office: PSB 258; soliver@chemistry.ucsc.edu; 831-459-5448
Classes M/W/F, 11 am to 12:10 pm in Nat. Sci. Annex 101. The two midterm exams
will be held during class.
Office Hours M/W, 4 to 5 pm, PSB 258. E-mail works well. Other times can be
arranged with the instructor.
TAs Nicole Fry Honghan Fei
nfry@chemistry.ucsc.edu fei@chemistry.ucsc.edu
Office Hours: TBA Office Hours: TBA
Discussion T, 6 to 7:10 pm or 7:30 to 8:40 pm, Baskin Engineering 165.
Text J. E. Huheey, E. A. Keiter & R. L. Keiter, Inorganic Chemistry: Principles
of Structure and Reactivity, 4th ed.; HarperCollins College Publishers: New
York, 1993 (QD151.2 .H84 1993).
Supplementary Texts (all placed on 1-day reserve in Science & Engineering
Library)
J. E. Huheey, E. A. Keiter & R. L. Keiter, Inorganic Chemistry: Principles
of Structure and Reactivity, 4th ed.; HarperCollins College Publishers: New
York, 1993 (QD151.2 .H84 1993).
Gary L. Miessler & Donald A. Tarr, Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd ed.; Prentice
Hall/Pearson Education: Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004 (QD151.3 .M54 2004).
D. F. Shriver & P. W. Atkins, Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd ed.; W. H. Freeman
and Co.: New York, 1999 (QD151.5 .S57 1999).
Catherine E. Housecroft & Alan G. Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd ed.;
Prentice Hall/Pearson Education: Essex, UK, 2005 (QD151.3 .H68 2005).
F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson & P. L. Gaus, Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd
ed.; Wiley & Sons: New York, 1995 (QD151.2 .C69 1995).
Grading 2 Midterm Exams: 50% in total
3 Assignments: 20% in total
Final exam: 30%
Exams Each midterm exam emphasizes the topics covered in the preceding weeks,
encompassing the corresponding lectures, chapters of the text and problem
sets. The final exam will be cumulative but contains choice (e.g. answer 6
out of 9 questions). All exams closed-book and no calculators.
Exam 1: Wednesday, April 22nd, during lecture
Exam 2: Friday, May 15th, during lecture
Final Exam: Tuesday, June 9th, 4 to 7 pm, location TBA
Assignments There will be 3 homework assignments during the quarter and will
consist of 8 problems or so each. They are designed to help you comprehend
the lecture material, get feedback on problem solving and in particular prepare
for the exams. Practice problems will also be given at the end of each chapter
but will not be collected. Note that these problems could appear on the exams,
but not necessarily.
Lecture Notes The course is self-contained: all notes are written on the blackboard
and the exams are based mostly on the lecture notes. Please ask questions
or I'll just keep going! Any additional material will be placed on the course
web site.
Tentative Lecture Topics and Reading
Assignments From Huheey, 4th ed.
What Is Inorganic Chemistry Ch. 1 (Intro)
The Structure of the Atom Ch. 2 (Review)
Bonding Models in Inorganic Chemistry Ch.
4, 5
The Structure and Reactivity of Molecules Ch. 6
Chemical Forces Ch. 8
Acid-Base Chemistry Ch. 9
Chemistry in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Solvents Ch. 10
Coordination Chemistry: Bonding, Spectra and Magnetism Ch. 11
Reactions, Kinetics and Mechanisms Ch. 13
Organometallic Chemistry Ch. 15
Bioinorganic Chemistry (Chem 234) Ch. 19
Ch. 12, 14 and 17, see: F. Albert Cotton Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Ed.
Symmetry and Group Theory (Chem 151B) Ch.
3
Solid State and Materials Chemistry (Chem 151B, 156C/256C) Ch. 7
Inorganic Polymers, Cluster Chemistry (Chem 151B) Ch. 16