31 Jan 2019

5-ish Slides About Bridging Hydrides and the [Cr(CO)5HCr(CO)5] anion

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Submitted by Kyle Grice, DePaul University
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Corequisites: 
No Corequisites
Prerequisites: 
First Semester Inorganic Chemistry / Foundation Course in Inorganic Chemistry
Course Level: 
Second year
Upper Division
Topics Covered: 
Bonding models: Discrete molecules
Chemical literature
Computer modeling
Coordination chemistry
Electronic structure
Organometallic chemistry
Symmetry
Visualization
Subdiscipline: 
Coordination Chemistry
Molecular Structure and Bonding
Organometallic Chemistry
Description: 

This set of slides was made for my Organometallics class based on questions about bridging hydrides and specifically the chromium molecule. I decided to make these slides to answer the questions, and do a DFT calc to show the MO's involved in bonding of the hydride. 

 

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Learning Goals: 

A student will be able to explain bridging hydride bonding

A student will be able to perform electron counting on a chromium comples with a bridging hydride

A student will be able to interepret calculated DFT molecular orbitals. 

Related activities: 
Literature Discussion of R3CH→ SiFR3 Agostic Interactions
Introduction to Agostic Interactions
Molecular Orbitals of Square-Planar Tetrahydrides
Time Required: 
15 min
Evaluation
Evaluation Methods: 

This was provided as supplementary material outside of lecture. 

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