Chemistry 3360, Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry

Patrick Desrochers   Fall 2011
Lecture: (Laney 105) Tu,Th 9:25 – 10:40 am expectations and teaching philosophy from my Chem 1451 course

Office hours (drop-in times):  M 2 – 4 p; T 11a – 12p; W 9:30 – 10:30; Th 8 – 9a, 2:30 – 4:30 pm For other times, contact me to check availability.

Required lecture text: Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (4^th Ed.) by Geoff Rayner-Canham & Tina Overton, Freeman (c) 2006. ISBN-10 = 0-7167-8963-9

daily lecture board lists	Current text online resource link	Chime viewer download
Fall 2011 syllabus	Literature Studies	ConChem e-museum
Final exam review topics	grade example calculation	Solid packing models (Ch 4,5)

Some Lecture Figures and Interesting Web links

Extensive periodic table link

ferrofluids Acura shock commercial	levitating frogs High Field Mag. Lab, U. of Nijmegen	Solid state structures and materials science	Minerals: pictures, general information, fun facts
coordination complexes summary	pi effects and Do	lability	white, pink, and green gold
optical illusion, vision, complementary colors	dental filling chemistry Nicholson, J. W.; Anstice, H. M. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1497.	Corrosion intercept technology Protects everything from guitar strings to coins and sensitive electronics.	Metal foams J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 6589-6594.
ferrate treatment technology “green water treatment” FTT
approximations made in computational chemistry	hybrid and molecular orbitals	grand atomic orbital table
noble gases in welding	paramagnetism of liquid oxygen	pocket water purification Proctor & Gamble product for impoverished regions	Midgely: leaded gasoline and CFC's Kauffman, G. B. J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77, 1540
People and pets into diamonds	direct fluorination of organics courtesy of Prof. Lagow, UT Austin	tritium illuminated watches	Sulfur hexafluoride properties You Tube video
coal mine fire, still burning after 44 y Centralia, PA	"Losing their voice”, Sn & Pb by Mark Turner	pure nitrogen vs air in tires (fancy website) tech. explanation	Cad Weld (thermite welding) ERICO
fire retardants, P and C chemistry in action C.&.E News, 8/29/2011 p.11

NIH protein database query sheet            You will be prompted to download the Chime viewer from MDL Information Systems to see the structures.