CHE 422: Inorganic Chemistry

 

Spring 2007

 

W 1:00-3:30, HSB 304

 

Instructor:

Dr. Keenan E. Dungey

Office:

HSB 312

Office Hours:

12:30-2:30 Tues

Phone:

206-7345  (547-1206 is my home phone)

Email:

dungey.keenan@uis.edu

Fax:

206-6162

Website:

http://bb.uis.edu

 

Course Description

Inorganic chemistry is a broad subject, encompassing the chemistry of over 100 elements.  There has long been a close relationship between inorganic and both physical and analytical chemistry.  In recent years interest has grown in interdisciplinary areas, such as organometallic, bioinorganic, and materials chemistry.  This single semester survey course must therefore be selective.  Our emphasis will be on basic principles and models and their application in an attempt to understand the wide range of properties of the elements and their compounds. 

 

Expectations

I expect that you will spend at least 9 hours per week in reading, study, and working on the Homework.  come to class prepared, having read the assigned chapter.  Homework problems are assigned to correlate with the material being covered during the term.  This homework will be graded, and doing the assigned problems will prepare you for the tests. 

 

Required Texts

Inorganic Chemistry, G. L. Miessler and D. A. Tarr, 3rd Ed., Pearson, 2004.

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, O. Sacks, Random House/Vintage, 2002.

Course Packet, K. E. Dungey, UIS Duplicating

Texts on Reserve

Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory, A. Vincent, Wiley, 1977.

     An introduction to group theory will assist greatly in understanding the course material

Basic Solid State Chemistry, A. R. West, Wiley, 1999.

Structural Inorganic Chemistry, A. F. Wells, Clarendon, 1975.

The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, R. H. Crabtree, Wiley, 2001.

Course Requirements

You will keep a well-organized 3-ring Binder for this course, consisting of three parts:

     1.  Notes taken during lecture and discussion sessions

     2.  Notes taken during study hours based on your readings

     3.  Student LOGBOOK, kept up-to-date.  This Logbook will help you to keep track of how you are progressing in the course material.

     Bring this Binder with you to every class session, as it will be periodically inspected by the instructor.

 

The eleven homework sets, which will be graded, are to be turned in at the beginning of class.  Late assignments will receive a 10% penalty for each missed class session.  Two additional assignments will be based on the current Inorganic literature.  You will pick a short communication to present to the class on 2/14, followed by a review of a full article to be presented on 4/25.  Each report will be worth one homework grade.  Further guidelines will be provided for these literature assignments.  There will be three take-home tests and a cumulative take-home Final Exam, due Thurs., 5/10.

 

Grading

Your grade for this course will consist of your accrued scores from the homework, tests, final exam, class participation and discussions on Uncle Tungsten, as well as the instructor’s evaluation of your Binder. 

 

The point distribution is as follows:

 

Test 1 (2/21)                        100

Test 2 (3/21)                        100

Test 3 (4/18)                        100

Final Exam                          200

Homework (13@25 ea.)      325

Binder                                  100

Uncle Tungsten discussions  50

 

Total                                    975

 

 

 

Help

Please come and see me in my office, HSB 312, to discuss any questions you have about the class material.  You are also welcome to call or send me an e-mail.