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This literature discussion focuses on a Inorg. Chem. article that describes a series of Pt complexes that exhibit competitive reductive elimination reactions to form either an sp2-sp3 bond or an sp3-sp3 bond. One of the complexes also contains a C-C agostic interaction with the metal. The questions are written to be addressed by students in a foundation-level inorganic course.
This Learning Object is dedicated to Prof. Graves and Prof. Schelter as part of the VIPEr LGBTQIAN+ LO collection created in celebration of Pride Month (June) 2023. Both chemists were featured in the April 2022 special virtual issue of Inorg. Chem., Out in Inorganic Chemistry: A Celebration of LGBTQIAPN+ Inorganic Chemists.
I chose to write an LO on the work of Prof. Graves and Prof. Schelter since I have had the pleasure of meeting them and interacting with them and their students through the Philadelphia Inorganic Colloquium.
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Through completing this literature discussion, students will be able to:
- draw the three different oxidation states of a nitroxide-containing ligand
- explain the reason for citing particular references in the article
- apply the covalent bond classification method (CBC) to classify ligands and determine properties of metal complexes such as valence number and ligand bond number
- apply foundational concepts in inorganic chemistry (geometry)
- explain the use of DFT results
- interpret cyclic voltammagrams
This LO has yet to be implemented. One possible mode of implementation is to have students read the article outside of class and complete the guiding questions. Then a small group or all-class discussion could be conducted based on these responses.
Alternatively students could read the article outside of class and then answer the guiding questions together in a small group before coming together for a all-class discussion.
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