SLiThErs - Supporting Learning with Interactive Teaching: a Hosted, Engaging Roundtable

A collection of all of the IONiC VIPEr SLiThErs (Supporting Learning with Interactive Teaching: a Hosted, Engaging Roundtable). These events are short presentations on a topic followed by a period of discussion between the presenter and live participants. Each of these events is recorded and posted to the IONiC VIPEr YouTube Channel.

Chip Nataro / Lafayette College Thu, 12/17/2020 - 14:18
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Description

AI statements are somewhat obsolete.

David Randall / Andrews University Wed, 07/29/2026 - 12:34
NYT Connections-Style Game for Ligand Classes
Description

This game is modeled after the New York Times (NYT) "Connections" game, in which players are presented with 16 words or phrases and the objective is to sort the words into four groups of four words that are all connected in some way. The game can be done by students individually, in small groups, or even together as a whole class. This game aims to help students practice and/or review the major classes of ligands. In the game, students are presented with 16 ligands, all belonging to four different classes.

Emily Mane / Sacred Heart University Fri, 06/26/2026 - 11:08
Physical-Inorganic Techniques
Description

Application of advanced instrumental and preparative techniques to the study of structure, reactivity, and spectroscopy of inorganic and organic substances including materials. This is a capstone course and includes a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) that runs throughout the semester.

Madalyn Radlauer / San Jose State University Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:16

Inorganic Chemistry

Submitted by Adam Johnson / Harvey Mudd College on Tue, 05/05/2026 - 20:56
Description

150 Interactive VSEPR Molecules (with lone pairs and pi)

Submitted by George Lisensky / Beloit College on Tue, 04/14/2026 - 15:30
Description

In our course sequence, students use VSEPR in general chemistry. Organic chemistry uses hybrid orbitals and pi-bonding. When students get to inorganic chemistry, they are often confused by the two descriptions, especially with a steric number (lone pairs plus bonded atoms) greater than four.

This activity is designed to serve as a bridge between multiple levels and returned to in more than one course.
150 different molecules can be manipulated in JSmol, with options to show multiple bonds, lone pairs, and orbitals suitable for pi-bonding.
 

Terminal Iron–Dinitrogen and Iron–Imide Complexes Supported by a Tris(phosphino)borane Ligand (Peters)

Submitted by Shirley Lin / United States Naval Academy on Sat, 02/28/2026 - 09:16
Description

This literature discussion LO was created for the ACS National Award Winners 2026 collection for Dr. Jonas C. Peters, the recipient of the ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry. This LO is based on the article "Terminal Iron–Dinitrogen and Iron–Imide Complexes Supported by a Tris(phosphino)borane Ligand" published in Angewandte Chemie Int. Eng.

Characterization of group VI carbonyls with bidentate phosphines

Submitted by Chip Nataro / Lafayette College on Thu, 01/15/2026 - 14:53
Description

This literature discussion comes from a paper in the Turkish Journal of Chemistry (199923, 9-14) https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol23/iss1/2/. In this paper, the authors report spectroscopic data for nine compounds, [M(CO)4(PP)] (M = Cr, Mo or W; PP = dppm, dppe, dppp). This is a very fundamental paper and as such, students are not expected to have had any significant coursework in inorganic chemistry.