CHEMISTRY 811

ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Instructor: Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

Syllabus

Textbooks (available in the Bookstore)

1. Chemical Applications of Group Theory, F. A. Cotton (must have)
  1. Chemical Bonding in Solids, by J K Burdett (must have)
  2. Harris and Bertolucci "Symmetry and Spectroscopy"

 

TOPICS

 

Symmetry and Group Theory

Symmetry groups

Representations of Groups

Reducible and Irreducible Representations

Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics

Applications of Group Theory

MO Theory of Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds

Molecular Orbitals and Geometrical Perturbations (Jahn Teller)

Ligand Field Theory

Molecular Vibrations

Crystallographic (Translational) Symmetry

From Molecules to Solids (Burdett: chapters 2, 3 and 4)

From Orbital levels to Energy bands

If time permits: Electronic Structure of Solids (electronic properties)