CH 411 511 Inorganic Chemistry 1132022 1 Instructor
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CH 411 / 511 Inorganic Chemistry 1/13/2022 1
Instructor – contact info n n n 1/13/2022 Professor Michael Lerner Office: 203 Gilbert Hall campus phone: 737 -6747 e-mail: michael. lerner@oregonstate. edu office hours: T 2 -3; Th 12 -1, by appt, or just stop by Class website: http: //www. chemistry. oregonstate. edu/courses/ch 411/ 2
Course credits • CH 511 is 4 credits only • CH 411 is 3 credits only • CH 511 has several required and graded problem sets, these are optional and extra credit for CH 411 students 1/13/2022 3
Syllabus Required text: Inorganic Chemistry 5/e (Shriver, Atkins, 2010) ISBN 1 -4292 -1820 -7 n n 411/511 covers CH 1 -10, fairly inclusive n 412/512 covers CH 11– 19, 23, 24 Solutions manual by Hagerman, Schnabel, Ramanajuchary (ISBN 1 -4292 -5255 -3) is on reserve at Valley Library, you can order online if you wish n n 1/13/2022 Full syllabus on class website. 4
Assignments in text • There assigned exercises and problems in the text. – Listed on the problems web page – Not graded, but some parts will be on exams • Brief solutions to all are in the solutions manual 1/13/2022 5
Grading and exams • 2 Midterms are 100 pts each • Final is 200 pts • CH 511 – problems sets will total about 150 points • CH 411 and 511 are graded on separate curves Exams: • announced 1 week in advance • closed book, in class, 1 hour • practice exams and solutions will be posted online 1/13/2022 6
End of General course info Questions ? ? 1/13/2022 7
What is Inorganic Chemistry ? Organic chemistry – the chemistry of carbon skeleton compounds Inorganic chemistry - the chemistry of everything else 1/13/2022 u Metal–ligand complexes u Solid state and materials 8
OSU Research in Inorganic Chemistry Mas Subramanian Doug Keszler Mike Lerner Kevin Gable 1/13/2022 9
Periodic Table 1/13/2022 10
Chemistry is a dynamic discipline “It is disconcerting to reflect on the number of students we have flunked in chemistry for not knowing what we later found to be untrue. ” -- quoted in Robert L. Weber, Science with a Smile 1/13/2022 11
