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Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II >> Content Detail

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Course Calendar.
LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Symmetry Elements and Operations
2	Operator Properties and Mathematical Groups
3	Similarity Transforms, Classes and Representations
4	Characters and Character Tables
5	Molecular Point Groups I
6	Molecular Point Groups II	Problem set 1 due
7	LCAO and Hückel Theory I
8	Hückel Theory II	Problem set 2 due
9	N-Dimensional Cyclic Systems
10	From Molecular Orbitals to Bands
11	Band Theory	Problem set 3 due
12	Frontier Molecular Orbitals: σ Ligands
	Exam 1
13	Frontier Molecular Orbitals: π Ligands
14	ML₆ σ Complexes
15	ML₆ π Complexes
16	Angular Overlap Method and M-L Diatomics
17	AOM for MLn Ligand Fields	Problem set 4 due
18	Spectrochemical Series (O_h) / Descent in Symmetry
19	Multiply Bonded Metal-Ligand Complexes
20	Sandwich Compounds	Problem set 5 due
21	Bent Cp Complexes
22	Metal-Metal Bonding: Single Bonds
23	Metal-Metal Bonding: Quadruple Bonds	Problem set 6 due
24	Spectroscopy Introduction
25	Central Field Approximation
	Exam 2
26	One Electron Crystal Field Energies
27	Many Electron States: Russell Saunders Coupling
28	Atomic State Wave Functions and Energies
29	Weak and Strong Field Approximations
30	Tanabe Sugano Diagrams
31	Electronic Selection Rules	Problem set 8 due
32	Vibrational Spectroscopy and the IR
33	Normal Coordinate Analysis	Problem set 9 due
	Exam 3