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2019
Electronic structure
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Jun
2019
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Submitted by Weiwei Xie, Louisiana State University
9
Jun
2019
Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
Submitted by Carmen Gauthier, Florida Southern College
9
Jun
2019
Inorganic Chemistry I
Submitted by Bradley Wile, Ohio Northern University
9
Jun
2019
Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry, Spring 2019
Submitted by Jason S. D'Acchioli, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
9
Jun
2019
Principles of Chemistry II
Submitted by Michelle Personick, Wesleyan University
9
Jun
2019
Inorganic Chemistry & Lab
Submitted by Eric Eitrheim, University of Central Oklahoma
8
Jun
2019
VIPEr Fellows 2019 Workshop Favorites
Submitted by Barbara Reisner, James Madison UniversityDuring our first fellows workshop, the first cohort of VIPEr fellows pulled together learning objects that they've used and liked or want to try the next time they teach their inorganic courses.
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Jun
2019
Guided reading and in-class discussion questions for "High-Spin Square-Planar Co(II) and Fe(II) Complexes and Reasons for Their Electronic Structure"
Submitted by John Miecznikowski, Fairfield UniversityEvaluation Methods:
The guided reading questions may be graded using the answer key.
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These questions have not yet been assigned to students.
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Guided reading and in-class discussion questions for "High-Spin Square-Planar Co(II) and Fe(II) Complexes and Reasons for Their Electronic Structure."
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1. Bring together ligand field theory and symmetry.
Students should be able to identify symmetry of novel molecules in the literature.
Students should be able to explain d-orbital ordering in a coordination complex using ligand field theory.
Students should be able to identify donor/acceptor properties of previously unseen ligands.
Students should be able to apply your knowledge of electronic transitions to the primary literature.
Students should be able to become more familiar with 4-coordinate geometries.
Students should be able to predict magnetic moments of high-spin and low-spin square-planar complexes.
Students should be able to identify properties of ligands that favor formation of the highly unusual high-spin square planar complexes.
2. Students should comfortable with reading and understanding primary literature.
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You do not have to assign all of the guided reading questions at once. You may consider assigning questions as they pertain to where you are in your inorganic chemistry class.
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this has not been used yet for in-class discussion.
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Jun
2019
Guided Reading: Square-planar Co(III) in {O4} coordination: large ZFS and reactivity with ROS. dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CC04464C
Submitted by Brian Anderson, Keene State CollegeDescription:
This Literature Discussion is based on the article “Square-planar Co(III) {O4} coordination: large ZFS and reactivity with ROS” by Linda Doerrer et. al. It includes a reading guide that will direct students to specific sections of the paper that highlight some of the key results and analytical techniques that lead to them.
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Interpret results in high-level scientific papers, which will help them gain confidence in their abilities to read papers.
Identify conclusions from the text of a paper, given an indicated scheme and data set.
Synthesize multiple conclusions from different sections of a paper into an overall understanding of the conclusions of a paper
Relate oxidation state to bond lengths in real examples
Compare low- and high-spin d-orbital splitting diagrams.
Identify unpaired electrons in a splitting diagram.
Relate electron-density to acidity and ligand field strength.
Recognize that science is collaborative and involves experts in many fields.
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These questions are drawn from key conclusions in the text of the paper. It could be useful to highlight the specific areas of the text, or to include a statement like the following:
"For the following questions, specific figures and acronyms are mentioned. Often, authors will include a reference to a specific figure in the text when they are drawing conclusions from the data, and so it can be useful to find those specific sentences in the text of the paper when you are analyzing their data and conclusions."
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