Analysis of an Inorganic Chemistry Literature Article

Submitted by Catherine McCusker / East Tennessee State University on Wed, 01/05/2022 - 14:17
Description

In this assignment students search for and choose an inorganic chemistry related research article. After reading, students write an analysis of their article, explaining the background, experimental data, and conclusions to their classmates. 

SLiThEr #29 this coming Thursday the 9th! Getting into Computational Chemistry.

Submitted by Kyle Grice / DePaul University on Fri, 12/03/2021 - 16:14

Our final SLiThEr of the year will be Thursday December 9th, at 3pm Eastern (noon PST). The topic will be getting started in computational chemistry and the discussion will be lead by Lori Watson (Earlham), Adam Johnson (Harvey Mudd) and Kyle Grice (DePaul). As computational chemistry becomes more accessible and widespread, it enables use of computational methods in teaching and research for inorganic chemists. Many of us are not trained computational chemists, but have started to include more computational work in our teaching and research.

Efficient Hydrogenation of Ketones Catalyzed by an Iron Pincer Complex

Submitted by Todsapon T. / University of Evansville on Tue, 11/23/2021 - 11:40
Description

This literature discussion involves various aspect of organometallic chemistry ranging from synthesis, reactions, symmetry, NMR and IR spectroscopy of organometallic compounds as well as catalysis.

Students are asked to read the article published in Angewandte Chime, and answer the questions from the worksheet. Students later discuss their answers with the entire class.

SLiThEr #28 this Friday

Submitted by Kyle Grice / DePaul University on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 12:32

This Friday Nov 12th at 4pm Eastern we welcome Dr. Ulrich Fekl from the University of Toronto Mississauga. 

SLiThEr #27: A mental health conversation

Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 08:17

Join us on Thursday, October 14th at 4 pm EDT as Hailey Dannatt (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) presents "A mental health conversation: Warning signs, normalization, and responses". This is going to be a very different SLiThEr in terms of the topic and we anticipate it will be of interest to people from outside of the IONiC community.

SLiThEr #26- September 30th at 3pm EDT

Submitted by Kari Stone / Lewis University on Fri, 09/24/2021 - 15:34

Please join us for our next SLiThEr as Dr. Mitch Anstey (Davidson College) takes us through his successes and challenges in “Mitch Learns about Alternative Grading. Join us for a discussion on alternative grading techniques!

Fall SLiThEr Schedule

Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 09:21

Hi everyone! Team SLiThEr has been hard at work putting together a schedule of SLiThErs for the fall semester and while I might be biased, I think we've done a great job. What's a SLiThEr? A roughly hour log online meeting in which we have a speaker present for 30-40 minutes and then a discussion. You can see our previous SLiThErs here. We are going to be covering a wide range of topics this semester that we think the community will really appreciate.

SLiThEr #25 - August 19th at 3 pm EDT

Submitted by Matt Cranswick / Oregon State University on Wed, 08/11/2021 - 17:51

Please join us for our next SLiThEr as Dr. John Miecznikowski (Fairfield U.) and Dr. Tulay Atesin (UT, Rio Grande Valley) delve more deeply into their nanoCHAt discussion of "Getting Students Started and Continuing in Research".  Join us for a discussion on successes, failures, and approaches to keeping students active in research.

SLiThEr #25 will be Thursday, August 19th at 3 pm Eastern Time (GMT -4). You can sign up to join the discussion here: https://forms.gle/o57jBb2ZnwRmHUHz9