Inorganic Chemistry II-A

0.5 Course Units

This course provides an introduction to key concepts in inorganic chemistry, including an overview of the origins of periodic trends, an introduction to various bonding theories (crystal field theory, valence bond theory, and molecular orbital theory), and the kinetics of elementary reactions of coordination complexes. Density functional theory calculations will be performed by students (no experience necessary) to support key concepts developed in the course. 0.5 Course Units