• Course Code: 01:160:352
• Title: Inorganic Chemistry IIA
• Short Description: Chemistry 352 extends the concepts introduced in Chem 351 to explain increasingly complex chemical behavior, especially the reactivity of transition metal elements. Ligand substitution and redox reactivity of coordination complexes will be described from a mechanistic perspective. Chemical bonding and reactivity at the interface of inorganic and organic chemistry (i.e. organometallic chemistry) will be introduced. The relationship of these topics to applications of inorganic chemistry will be described.
• Semester(s) Offered: Fall
• Degree Type (BA/BS): BS in Data Science
• Track Option: Chemical Data Science Track (Code: NB219CJ)
• Degree Option: BS in Data Science- Chemical Data Science Track (Code: NB219CJ)
• Prerequisite: 01:160:351
• Learning Goals:
  1. Students should be able to relate periodic trends in the atomic properties of elements to periodic trends in the chemical behavior of elements and their compounds.
  2. Students should be familiar with the mechanisms of ligand substitution at octahedral and square planar metal complexes, including the ability to analyze how the electronic configuration of the metal and identity of entering, leaving, and spectator ligands influence reaction pathways and rates.
  3. Students should be familiar with the inner- and outer- sphere mechanisms for electron transfer.
  4. Students should be familiar with common ligands in organometallic chemistry and how the electron count of the metal influences the stability of organometallic complexes.
  5. Students should be able to identify common reaction types in organometallic chemistry and their relationship to catalytic reactivity.
  6. Students should be familiar with important homogeneous and heterogeneous catalytic processes and their applications in research and industrial chemical synthesis.