Submitted by Laurel Goj Habgood / Rollins College
on Wed, 06/21/2023 - 12:12
Description
The "Lit Masters" concept is inspired by and adapted from one of my colleagues, Jenn Manak, in our education department. Students who are novices to reading the literature often are overwhelmed when assigned a paper to read and may struggle in group discussions. The strategy is to assign students to a semester-long group with designated roles for each paper that require them to produce a low-stakes artifact prior to class. During class time groups discuss the paper and it is followed with a debrief.
Submitted by Darren Achey / Kutztown University
on Wed, 06/21/2023 - 11:58
Description
In this activity, students will collectively build molecular orbitals for homonuclear diatomic molecules using balloons as models for atomic orbitals. This activity gets students up and moving and involved in the building of an MO diagram and allows for 3-D visualization of the core concepts of building molecular orbitals from atomic orbitals.
Submitted by Jaime Murphy / Harding University
on Mon, 06/12/2023 - 11:04
Description
CHEM 4310 is an in-depth review of modern inorganic chemistry. Topics will include symmetry, acids and bases, reduction-oxidation reactions, periodic trends, coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, and material chemistry. The course will meet for three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.
Submitted by Deborah Polvani / Washington & Jefferson College
on Mon, 06/12/2023 - 09:33
Description
Materials Chemistry will explore many of the fundamental relationships between a material’s chemical structure and the subsequent interesting and useful properties that result. In order for advances in electronic, magnetic, optical, and other niche applications to be made, an understanding of the structure-property relationship in these materials is crucial. This course will emphasize inorganic systems, and topics will include descriptions of various modern inorganic solid-s
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Description
This course will explore many of the fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry, with significant emphasis on group theory, molecular orbital theory, angular overlap theory, coordination chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and bio-inorganic chemistry. Specific topics will vary, but will generally include coverage of atomic structure, simple bonding theory, donor-acceptor chemistry, the crystalline solid state, coordination compounds and isomerism, electronic and infrared spectroscopy applied to inorganic complexes, substitution mechanisms, and catalysis.
Deborah Polvani / Washington & Jefferson CollegeMon, 06/12/2023 - 09:18
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Description
This course is an introduction to modern inorganic chemistry. Topics include principles of structure, bonding, and chemical reactivity with application to compounds of the main group and transition elements, including organometallic chemistry.
Lauren VanGelder / Norfolk State UniversityWed, 06/07/2023 - 15:17
Submitted by Amy Price / UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
on Fri, 05/26/2023 - 15:24
Description
This literature discussion focuses on a 2022 Nature Comm paper looking at the reasons behind the pyramidal structures of tri-coordinate f-element complexes. There is plenty to discuss in terms of bonding and coordination geometries in metal complexes, and the effects of pressure on coordination geometry.
Inorganic ChemistryBen Lovaasen / Wheaton College (IL)Thu, 05/25/2023 - 11:11
Submitted by Shirley Lin / United States Naval Academy
on Mon, 05/08/2023 - 08:32
Description
This literature discussion focuses on a Inorg. Chem. article that describes a series of Pt complexes that exhibit competitive reductive elimination reactions to form either an sp2-sp3 bond or an sp3-sp3 bond. One of the complexes also contains a C-C agostic interaction with the metal. The questions are written to be addressed by students in a foundation-level inorganic course.
Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College
on Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:49
Description
The second in a series on teaching advanced topics to undergraduates, the SLiThEr focuses on organoMetallic chemistry. While the primary framework for the discussion is my senior level course, there is plenty of great content from the live participants.