Chemistry F202: Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3.0 Credits Spring Semester, 2010 Instructor: Dr. William A. Howard Office: Reichardt Building Room 190 Laboratory Reichardt Building Room 241 Telephone: 474-6019 (Office) Email: wahoward@alaska.edu Lecture Meetings: Tuesday, Thursday, 9:45 AM 10:45 AM, Reichardt Room 204 Lab Meetings: Friday, 2:15 5:15 PM, Reichardt Room 245, 241 Office Hours: By appointment (call or email me) Teaching Assistant: Arianna McCandless Office: Reichardt Building Room 163 Telephone: 474-5946 Email: ademmerly@alaska.edu sephron1@hotmail.com Required Texts: Inorganic Chemistry, 3 rd Ed. Housecroft & Sharpe; Pearson / Prentice Hall; Harlow, England: 2008. Suggested Materials: Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory, 2 nd Ed. Vincent, Alan; John Wiley & Sons: 2002. Ball-and-stick molecular model kit, calculator Prerequisites: Successful completion of Chemistry F105X and F106X is required. General Information: There are two semesters of instruction in inorganic chemistry available for undergraduate students. Chemistry F202 serves as an introduction to inorganic chemistry, while Chemistry F402 goes into more depth. Chem F202 has a laboratory component as well as a lecture component. One grade covering both the lab and the lecture is given. The lecture will cover the first 6 chapters of the text book. The lab will cover (1) synthesis of transition metal complexes, (2) 1 H, 13 C, and 51 V NMR spectroscopies, (3) infrared spectroscopy, (4) electronic absorption spectroscopy, (5) cyclic voltammetry, (6) magnetic susceptibility measurements, (7) HyperChem calculations, (8) SciFinder Scholar searches, and (9) poster presentations of research at the end of the semester. Attendance at all lectures and labs is very strongly encouraged. Lecture Component: A schedule of reading assignments is given at the end of this syllabus. Lectures will be conducted with the assumption that the student has read the textbook before coming to class. Not all of the material described in the textbook will be covered in each lecture; nevertheless, the student is responsible for all material described in the reading assignments.
Examinations: Three regular examinations and a cumulative final examination will be given, and each exam will be worth 100 points. All exams will be take-home tests, and students may consult notes and text books for help while taking the exam. However, each student is expected to work alone on the exams; working together to solve exam problems is strictly prohibited and is considered cheating. Each regular exam will consist of 10 15 problems, but the final exam will consist of 20 30 problems. Make-up Exams and Absences: If a student misses a class due to sickness, personal injury, bad weather, transportation problems, or a family emergency, then that student should notify Professor Howard as soon as possible, preferably BEFORE class. Make-up exams or make-up laboratory reports can be given in such cases. Laboratory Component: The lab experiments will involve real research work that is to be published in professional scientific journals. The students will be named as co-authors on the publications. Because the experiments involve original research work, there will be a degree of uncertainty in planning the lab experiments. A schedule of experiments is given at the end of this syllabus. The schedule shows what experiment will be done each lab period, and when the lab reports will be due. Prof. Howard will email lab reports to students. The students should then print out a copy of the lab report and bring the printed copy to lab in order to record data and observations. Then, the students should complete the lab report electronically, and submit the electronic copy to Arianna McCandless and to Prof. Howard by email on or before the due date, as shown in the schedule of lab experiments. Late lab reports will be accepted, but one point will be deducted from the grade for each day the report is late. Each student is expected to construct and present a poster at the end of the semester. The poster will summarize the results obtained by the student, and the student will present his or her poster during the end-of-the-semester potluck held by the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Grades: Grades are assigned WITHOUT the +/- indicators and are determined as shown in the following table. Work to be Graded Possible Points 3 Take-Home Exams 3 x 100 points = 300 points 10 Lab Reports 10 x 20 points = 200 points Poster 20 points Take-Home Final Exam 100 points Total 620 points Point Ranges and Letter Grades: 620 558 A 557 496 B 495 434 C 433 372 D 371 or less F
Help: If the student has difficulty understanding concepts, the student may make an appointment to see Dr. Howard or the TA (Arianna McCandless). Appointments can be scheduled by telephone or email or in person. Although there will be no graded homework assignments, a student can request voluntary homework problems from Professor Howard, who will happily check the student s work upon request. Voluntary homework allows the student to see how well he or she understands the material covered in class and in the textbook. Note: Solutions to homework problems will NOT be given to the student until the student has tried to solve the problems by him or herself. Academic Honesty: The Chemistry Department Policy on Cheating is this: Any student caught cheating will be assigned a course grade of F. The student s academic advisor will be notified of this failing grade and the student will not be allowed to drop the course. As a UAF student, you are subject to UAF s Honor Code: Students will not collaborate on any quizzes, in-class exams, or take-home exams that will contribute to their grade in a course, unless permission is granted by the instructor of the course. Only those materials permitted by the instructor may be used to assist in quizzes and examinations. Students will not represent the work of others as their own. A student will attribute the source of information not original with himself or herself (direct quotes or paraphrases) in compositions, theses, and other reports. No work submitted for one course may be submitted for credit in another course without the explicit approval of both instructors. Violations of the Honor Code will result in a failing grade for the assignment and, ordinarily, for the course in which the violation occurred. Moreover, violation of the Honor Code may result in suspension or expulsion. Instructor Withdrawal Policy: The instructor reserves the right to withdraw a student from this course for any of the following reasons: 1. The student has refused to wear protective clothing or safety glasses (or goggles) in the laboratory. A student may also be withdrawn for insisting on wearing materials that could compromise safety, such as contact lenses or loose clothing. 2. The student s manner of lab work is careless and unsafe. Some examples of unsafe lab work include, but are not limited to, (i) horseplay in the lab, (ii) refusing to follow the instructions of the TA or the instructor, and (iii) eating or drinking in the lab. 3. The student has not taken Exam 1 and does not have a valid excuse for missing this exam. 4. The student has missed more than 4 labs as of the end of lab on March 26. 5. The student s total grade for the course is less than 50%, as of March 26. Important Dates: Last day to drop class with 100% refund Jan. 29
Last day for withdrawals with class not appearing on record Feb. 5 Last day to drop class with 50% refund Feb. 5 Freshman Progress Reports due Feb. 26 Spring Break Mar. 8 12 Last day for withdrawals with student receiving W Mar. 26 UAF Spring Fest Apr. 23 Last day of class May 7 More Important Information: Students with documented disabilities who may need reasonable academic accommodations must provide documentation of the disability to Disability Services in the Center for Health and Counseling, 474-7043, TTY 474-7045. Disability Services will then notify Prof. Howard in writing of the disability and will advise on how the student should be tested and which accommodations should be made. Basic Inorganic Chemistry F202: Schedule of Lectures Spring, 2010, Professor William A. Howard Week No. Date Reading Classroom Lecture 1 Jan. 21 None Intro to course. Atomic Theory and Atoms 2 Jan. 26 Sections 1.1 1.4 Bohr Model of Hydrogen Atom Jan. 28 Section 1.5, Box 1.3 Schrodinger Equation, Particle in a Box 3 Feb. 2 Section 1.6 Atomic Orbitals Feb. 4 Section 1.7, Box 1.6 Polyelectronic Atoms, Shielding and Penetration, Slater s Rules 4 Feb. 9 Sections 3.1 3.8 Nuclear Decay and Nuclear Reactions Feb. 11 Box 3.4, Handouts 1 H NMR Spectroscopy, Part 1 5 Feb. 16 Box 3.4, Handouts 1 H NMR Spectroscopy, Part 2 Feb. 18 Section 3.11, Box 3.5 Exam 1 Given. 13 C and 51 V NMR Spectroscopies 6 Feb. 23 Sections 2.1 2.2 Introduction to Valence Bond Theory, Resonance Forms Feb. 25 Section 2.5, Handout Exam 1 Due. Electronegativity, Drago-Wayland Equation 7 Mar. 2 Sections 2.8, 5.2, 5.3 Lewis Structures, Hybridization, VSEPR Theory Mar. 4 Sections 21.2, 21.9 Magnetic Susceptibility, VBT for Transition Metal Compounds 8 Mar. 9 Spring Break NO CLASS Mar. 11 Spring Break NO CLASS 9 Mar. 16 Section 2.3 Problems with VBT, Molecular Orbital Theory, Orbital Math Mar. 18 Sections 2.7, 5.4 Molecular Orbital Diagrams for diatomics and BeH 2 10 Mar. 23 Section 5.5 Molecular Orbital Diagrams for BH 3, CH 4, PH 5, SH 6 Mar. 25 Section 21.4 Molecular Orbital Diagrams for [NiH 4 ] 2- and [FeH 6 ] 4-11 Mar. 30 Section 21.7 Exam 2 Given. Introduction to UV-Vis Spectroscopy
Apr. 1 Sections 4.1 4.4 Symmetry Operations and Point Groups 12 Apr. 6 None Exam 2 Due. Symmetry Practice Problems Apr. 8 Section 4.5 Character Tables and Irreducible Representations (Irreps) 13 Apr. 13 None Math with Irreps, Reducible Representations Apr. 15 Section 4.6 Atomic and Hybrid Orbitals, Molecular Motion as Irreps 14 Apr. 20 Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.7 Molecular Orbital Diagrams of H 2 O, NO - 2, NH 3 Apr. 22 Section 21.4 Molecular Orbital Diagrams of [NiCl 4 ] 2- and [FeCl 6 ] 4-15 Apr. 27 Section 4.7, Handout Symmetry and Infrared Spectroscopy: Structure of XeF 4 Apr. 29 Sections 6.2, 6.10, Exam 3 Given. Ionic Bonding, Unit Cells, Radius Ratio Rules 6.11, Box 6.4 16 May 4 Sections 6.13 6.15 Final Exam Given. Lattice Energies, Born Haber Cycles May 6 Section 6.16 Exam 3 Due. Born-Haber Cycle Problems. May 11 3:15 5:15 PM Final Exam Due May 11 at 5:15 PM.
Basic Inorganic Chemistry F202 Laboratory Spring 2010 Prof. Howard Week No. Date Activity Group A Activity Group B Due? 1 22-Jan-10 View Safety Video. Introduction to Projects. View Safety Video. Introduction to Projects. 2 29-Jan-10 SciFinder Scholar Lab. SciFinder Scholar Lab. 3 5-Feb-10 HyperChem Lab. Begin Synthetic Reactions. SciFinder Scholar Lab Report. 4 12-Feb-10 Begin Synthetic Reactions. HyperChem Lab. HyperChem Lab Report (Grp A). 5 19-Feb-10 Isolate Products. 1H NMR Spectra of Products. HyperChem Lab Report (Grp B). 6 26-Feb-10 1H NMR Spectra of Products. Isolate Products. Synthesis Lab or 1H NMR Lab. 7 5-Mar-10 Infrared Spectra of Products. 51V NMR Spectra of Products. Synthesis Lab or 1H NMR Lab. 8 12-Mar-10 Spring Break - NO LAB Spring Break - NO LAB 9 19-Mar-10 51V NMR Spectra of Products. Infrared Spectra of Products. IR Lab or 51V NMR Lab. 10 26-Mar-10 Magnetic Susceptibility of Products. 13C NMR Spectra of Products. IR Lab or 51V NMR Lab. 11 2-Apr-10 13C NMR Spectra of Products. Magnetic Susceptibility of Products. 13C NMR Lab or Mag. Susc. Lab. 12 9-Apr-10 Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy Cyclic Voltammetry 13C NMR Lab or Mag. Susc. Lab. 13 16-Apr-10 Cyclic Voltammetry Ultraviolet Absorption Spectroscopy UV-Vis Lab or CV Lab. 14 23-Apr-10 UAF Spring Fest - NO CLASS UAF Spring Fest - NO CLASS 15 30-Apr-10 Free Day for Make-Up Work Free Day for Make-Up Work UV-Vis Lab or CV Lab. 16 6-May-10 Present Poster at Potluck Dinner / Poster Session. Present Poster at Potluck Dinner / Poster Session.