Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Textbook: Inorganic Chemistry by G.L. Miessler and D.A. Tarr

MAIN OUTLINE

I. Introduction

II. Nuclear Chemistry

III. Molecular Symmetry

IV. Bonding Theories

V. Acid-Base/Donor-Acceptor Chemistry

VI. Solid State Chemistry

VII. Redox

VIII. Nonaqueous Media

IX. Chemistry of Main Group Elements

X. Coordination Chemistry

XI. Organometallic Chemistry

XII. Parallels Between Main Group and Organometallic Chem

XIII. Bioinorganic and Environmental Chemistry

Reference: Inorganic Chemistry by C.E. Housecroft and A.G. Sharpe

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Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry

What is Inorganic Chemistry?

Organic Chemistry-chemistry of hydrocarbon

compounds and

their derivatives.

Inorganic chemistry-chemistry of “everything else”.

Organometallic

chemistrybridges both inorganic

and organic chemistry

by considering

compounds containing

direct metal-carbon

bond.

Inorganic chemistry deals with essentially the whole

periodic table (Butler and Harod, 1989).

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Single and Multiple Bonds in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

single bond

double bond

triple bond

quadruple bond!, ", ", and # bond

!

! and "

!, " and "

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Examples of Bonding Interactions

Exercise: Illustrate the formation of the ff MO’s:

1. Sigma: from s and pz; and s and dz2

2. Pi: from py and dxy

lobes of

same phase

overlap

! - Symmetric

upon rotation

about the bond

axis

" - Antisymmetric

upon rotation by

180deg about the

bond axis

# - Antisymmetric

upon rotation by

90deg about the

bond axis

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Examples of Inorganic Compounds Containing

Terminal and Bridging Hydrogens and Alkyl Groups

H as bridging atomCH3 as bridging group, C forms 5 bonds

H as bridging atom C forms 6 bonds

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Examples of Geometries of Inorganic Compounds

Oh; common CN Square planar;

not found in Org Chem

Td but no central atom

Square planar

analogous to benzene

B makes 6 bonds, violates

octet rule and covalency #

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Inorganic Compounds Containing Pi-bonded Aromatic Rings

Carbon-centered Metal Clusters

“sandwich” compounds

metallocenes

“triple-decker sandwich”

Carbon with covalency number of 5 and 6!?!?

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Coordination Numbers 5, 6, and 7 are not uncommon

CN = 5 CN = 6

CN = 7

trigonal

bipyramidal

trigonal

prism

trigonal

antiprism

square

pyramidal

pentagonal bipyramidal

capped trigonal

prism

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