Inorganic Chemistry.

Catalog description

A detailed study of the representative elements and their compounds, involving both theoretical and descriptive approaches. Topics greatly expand upon the subject material in the Freshman level chemistry course and include atomic and molecular structure, descriptive chemistry of the elements, d metal complexes, molecular shape and symmetry, group theory, the structure of solids, acids/bases, oxidation/reduction and an introduction to ligand and crystal field theories. Pre-requisite: CHEM152 General Chemistry II or CHEM 162 Chemistry II.