Course Objectrives:

• understand basic atomic and application of quantum numbers to atoms (electron configurations)
  
• understand how electron configuartions affect the reactivity of atoms
  
• understand bonding theories of ionic, hybrid orbital (valence bond) and molecular orbital schemes
  
• know some of the more basic crystal structures of solids
  
• understand acid-base theories such and Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis theories and understand the concepts of hard and soft acids and bases
  
• understand the common geometries of coordination complexes and the types of bonding occurring within those complexes
  
• be able to assign molecules to their proper point groups
  
• be able to calculate the crystal field stabilization energy for complexes
  
• be able to use Tanabe-Sugano diagrams to predict electronic transitions in octahedral complexes
  
• understand and use the basic mechanstic steps of insertion, β-hydride elemination, oxidative addition, reductive elemenation, inner sphere electron transfer, outer sphere electron transfer, etc. to write reasonable mechanisms for inorganic transformations
  
• understand the relationship between chemical kinetics and reaction mechanism
  
• be able to apply the concepts of mechanism and apply them in explaining catalytic processes
  
• understand some properties of the solid state, applying such concepts as band gap theory, and magnetic domains
  
• through lectures and assigned readings begin to get a feel for the descriptive chemistry of the various groups in inorganic chemistry