Submitted by John Miecznikowski / Fairfield University on Thu, 06/06/2019 - 15:46
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Description

Guided reading and in-class discussion questions for "High-Spin Square-Planar Co(II) and Fe(II) Complexes and Reasons for Their Electronic Structure."

Learning Goals

1.  Bring together ligand field theory and symmetry.

  1. Students should be able to identify symmetry of novel molecules in the literature.

  2. Students should be able to explain d-orbital ordering in a coordination complex using ligand field theory.

  3. Students should be able to identify donor/acceptor properties of previously unseen ligands.

  4. Students should be able to apply your knowledge of electronic transitions to the primary literature.

  5. Students should be able to become more familiar with 4-coordinate geometries.

  6. Students should be able to predict magnetic moments of high-spin and low-spin square-planar complexes.

  7. Students should be able to identify properties of ligands that favor formation of the highly unusual high-spin square planar complexes.

2.  Students should comfortable with reading and understanding primary literature.


 

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Implementation Notes

You do not have to assign all of the guided reading questions at once.  You may consider assigning questions as they pertain to where you are in your inorganic chemistry class.

Time Required
this has not been used yet for in-class discussion.
Evaluation
Evaluation Methods

The guided reading questions may be graded using the answer key. 

Evaluation Results

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Comments

Darren Achey / Kutztown University

I used this as a sort of think/pair/share literature discussion where I broke the questions down into two parts.  The first questions (the most straightforward and big picture) were done individually outside of class and the second set was done in pairs for the first 20-30 minutes of class, then we came together to discuss all of the questions as a group.  It worked well in this format, thanks!

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