Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry

3 units

After a brief review of general chemistry principles, this course covers an introduction to inorganic chemistry through the systematic study of transition and main group metals and their compounds. Students will learn the physical and chemical properties of metals and how their compounds differ from organics because of the presence of d orbitals. Preliminary bonding theories (not including molecular orbital theory) and reaction mechanisms for the most common geometries will be covered. In each section of the course, the roles of inorganic compounds in biology will be used as practical examples of learned concepts.