Week | Class # | Date | Topic(s) | Assignment due | Chapter |
1 | 1
| August 28 | Class overview/hydrogen atoms | None | 1 |
2 | 2
| Sept. 3 | Hydrogen atoms/many electron atoms | Exercises 1.2, 1.6, 1.10 | 1 |
2 | 3
| Sept. 5 | Many electron atoms/Lewis structure | Exercises 1.16, 1.24, 2.1 | 1, 2 |
3 | 4
| Sept. 8 | Lewis structure/valence bond theory | Exercises 2.2, 2.8, 2.10 | 2 |
3 | 5
| Sept. 10 | Valence bond/MO theory | Exercises 2.13, 2.14, 2.19 | 2 |
3 | 6
| Sept. 12 | MO theory/structure & bonds | Exercises 2.21, 2.24, 2.27 | 2 |
4 | 7
| Sept. 15 | Structure & bonds/solids, metals & alloys | Exercises 2.29, 2.35, 3.2 | 2, 3 |
4 | 8
| Sept. 17 | Solids, metals & alloys/Ionic solids | Exercises 3.6, 3.11, 3.15 | 3 |
4 | 9
| Sept. 19 | Ionic solids/energetics of ionic solids | Exercises 3.18, 3.23, 3.25 | 3 |
5 | 10
| Sept. 22 | Energetics of ionic solids/defects & electronic structure | Exercises 3.27, 3.33, 3.35 | 3 |
5 | 11
| Sept. 24 | Defects & electronic structure/Bronsted acids | Exercises 3.40, 3.44, 4.2 | 3, 4 |
5 | 12
| Sept. 26 | Bronsted acids/Lewis acids | Exercises 4.7, 4.9, 4.17 | 4 |
6 | 13
| Sept. 29 | Lewis acids/Reactions w/ lewis acids & bases | Exercises 4.22, 4.24, 4.26 | 4 |
6 | 14
| Oct. 1 | Reactions w/ lewis acids & bases/non-aqueous solvents | Exercises 4.31, 4.35, 4.28 | 4 |
6 | 15
| Oct. 3 | Exam 1 | Video topic overview | 1, 2, 3 |
7 | 16
| Oct. 6 | Non-aqueous solvents/Reduction potentials | Exercises 4.34, 4.49, 5.3 | 4, 5 |
7 | 17
| Oct. 8 | Reduction potentials/redox stability | Exercises 5.5, 5.8, 5.11 | 5 |
7 | 18
| Oct. 10 | Redox stability/data diagrams | Exercises 5.7, 5.10, 5.13 | 5 |
8 | 19
| Oct. 13 | Data diagrams/symmetry intro | Exercises 5.20, 5.26, 6.1 | 5, 6 |
8 | 20
| Oct. 15 | Symmetry intro/symmetry applications | Exercises 6.2, 6.3, 6.4 | 6 |
8 | 21
| Oct. 17 | No class | Nothing | |
9 | 22
| Oct. 20 | Symmetry applications/MO symmetry | Exercises 6.5, 6.6, 6.7 | 6 |
9 | 23
| Oct. 22 | MO symmetry/representation & projection | Exercises 6.8, 6.9, 6.10 | 6 |
9 | 24
| Oct. 24 | Representation & projection/coordination terminology | Exercises 6.11, 6.12, 7.1 | 6, 7 |
10 | 25
| Oct. 27 | Coordination terminology/Geometry | Exercises 7.2, 7.3, 7.5 | 7 |
10 | 26
| Oct. 29 | Geometry/chirality | Exercises 7.4, 7.6, 7.8 | 7 |
10 | 27
| Oct. 31 | Chirality/coordination thermodynamics | Exercises 7.12, 7.14, 7.19 | 7 |
11 | 28
| Nov. 3 | Coordination thermodynamics/d-block essentials | Exercises 7.18, 7.20, 19.1 | 7, 19 |
11 | 29
| Nov. 5 | d-block essentials/Groups 3-7 | Exercises 19.2, 19.3, 19.4 | 19 |
11 | 30
| Nov. 7 | Exam 2 | Video topic outline | 4, 5, 6, 7 |
12 | 31
| Nov. 10 | Groups 3-7/Groups 8-12 | Exercises 19.5, 19.6, 19.7 | 19 |
12 | 32
| Nov. 12 | Groups 8-12/Crystal field theory | Exercises 19.8, 19.9, 20.1 | 19, 20 |
12 | 33
| Nov. 14 | Crystal field theory/ligand field theory | Exercises 20.3, 20.4, 20.7 | 20 |
13 | 34
| Nov. 17 | Ligand field theory/d-metal spectroscopy | Exercises 20.5, 20.9, 20.11 | 20 |
13 | 35
| Nov. 19 | d-metal spectroscopy/magnetism | Exercises 20.12, 20.14, 20.15 | 20 |
13 | 36
| Nov. 21 | Magnetism/Ligand substitution rxns | Exercises 20.22, 20.24, 21.1 | 20, 21 |
14 | 37
| Nov. 24 | Ligand substitution rxns/square planer complexes | Exercises 21.3, 21.4, 21.10 | 21 |
14 | 38
| Nov. 26 | Square planar complexes/octahedral complexes | Exercises 21.11, 21.12, 21.15 | 21 |
15 | 39
| Dec. 1 | Octahedral complexes/redox rxns | Exercises 21.13, 21.16, 21.19 | 21 |
15 | 40
| Dec. 3 | Redox rxns/photochemical rxns | Exercises 21.20, 21.21, 21.22 | 21 |
15 | 41
| Dec. 5 | td>Photochemical rxns/catalysis principlesExercises 21.17, 21.23, 25.1 | 21, 25 |
16 | 42
| Dec. 8 | Catalysis principles/homogeneous catalysis | Exercises 25.2, 25.4, 25.7 | 25 |
16 | 43
| Dec. 10 | Homogeneous catalysis/heterogeneous catalysis | Exercises 25.6, 25.10, 25.13 | 25 |
16 | 44
| Dec. 12 | Exam 3 | None | 19, 20, 21, 25 |