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The activity is designed to be a literature discussion based on Nicolai Lehnert's Inorganic Chemistry paper, Mechanism of N-N Bond Formation by Transition Metal-Nitrosyl Complexes: Modeling Flavodiiron Nitric Oxide Reductases. The discussion questions are designed for an advanced level inorganic course.
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Upon completion of this activity, students will be able to:
Identify the overall research goal(s) of the paper.
Define and identify non-innocent ligands.
Identify how electron density on the metal center can impact ligand coordination.
Draw molecular orbital diagrams for coordination compounds.
Identify covalency by interpreting molecular orbital diagrams and data.
Define and interpret Enemark-Feltham notation.
Recognize spin multiplicity of the metal and ligand fragments in a complex and how it corresponds to the overall spin multiplicity.
Identify possible electronic structures of {FeNO} complexes.
Describe various characteristics to be considered in the selection of a good reductant.
Explain how occupying bonding versus antibonding orbitals changes the reactivity of a system.
This is a very involved article with lots of great concepts. It will take a lot of time to read. We suggest giving this as a student group assignment. Give the students a copy of the article and discussion questions. Give them 1-2 weeks to read through the article and complete the discussion questions. Spend one or two 50 min. class periods going over the discussion questions.
Note: This was developed during the 2018 VIPEr Workshop and has not been implemented, yet. Above instructions are an initial guide, any feedback is welcome and appreciated!
Evaluation
A key is provided for the discussion questions. The discussion questions can be collected and graded.