Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. classify substances as ionic, covalent or metallic in nature.
2. correctly describe periodic trends in atomic radii and ionic radii based on the concept of
effective nuclear charge.
3. predict the electron configuration of transition metal atoms and ions.
4. sketch basic molecular orbital diagrams for diatomic molecules.
5. describe the chemical bonding and predict the molecular geometry in expanded octet
examples using Lewis structures and VSEPR theory.
6. identify particular symmetry elements in a given molecule and deduce the molecular
symmetry point group of a given molecule.
7. sketch unit cells for common structures such as: simple cubic, body centered cubic, face
centered cubic, sodium chloride and cesium chloride.
8. employ knowledge of the units cells described above to calculate coordination number,
packing efficiency and density of various ionic and metallic substances.
9. balance oxidation-reduction reactions taking place in acidic, neutral or basic solution.
10. distinguish between various types of isomerism present in transition metal complexes.
11. describe the impact of crystal field theory on the color of transition metal complexes.