ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( CHEM 345 or concurrent enrollment and junior standing) or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Honors - Accelerated Honors (!) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply group theory to solve problems dealing with molecular vibrations and chemical bonding. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze experimental spectroscopic data quantitatively within the theoretical frameworks of molecular orbital theory or ligand field theory. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the role of organometallic complexes and metalloenzymes in the key steps of catalytic cycles. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Perform electronic structure calculations (e.g., density functional theory) for small molecules and transition metal complexes and validate the computational results using experimental observables (e.g., structural and spectroscopic data). Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply group theory to solve problems dealing with molecular vibrations and chemical bonding. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze experimental spectroscopic data quantitatively within the theoretical frameworks of molecular orbital theory or ligand field theory. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Explain the role of organometallic complexes and metalloenzymes in the key steps of catalytic cycles. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Perform electronic structure calculations (e.g., density functional theory) for small molecules and transition metal complexes and validate the computational results using experimental observables (e.g., structural and spectroscopic data). Audience: Undergraduate