Gallium Chemistry: To be or not to be a Triple Bond! (Power)
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CBC (Covalent Bond Classification) Method of Electron Counting
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This series of slides works through an example of electron counting using the CBC (Covalent Bond Classification) method. It compares and contrasts the classic ionic and covalent methods to the CBC method. The example used in these slides is an exception to the 18 electron rule using the the classic methods, but by CBC classification it is a very common ML4X4 tetravalent 16 electron Ti compound.
Energy Nugget: Methane to Methanol
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This learning object was developed with a lot of help from B. Scott Williams from the Keck Science Department of the Claremont Colleges for my junior/senior level course in 2009. This object is a literature discussion on the topic, but Scott and I hope to add a 5-slides about learning object to go with it shortly. The primary literature article used for the discussion is “Characterization of a Rhodium(I) sigma-Methane Complex in Solution,” by Wesley H. Bernskoetter, Cynthia K. Schauer, Karen I.
Manganese carbonyl calculation addition
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This is an addendum to the Manganese Carbonyl experiment (linked below). In this part of the experiment, students carry out high level quantum mechanical calculations of reactants, intermediates, and products in order to determine which of two possible structures is correct.
Optimization of a Metal Catalyzed Process
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The History of the 18-Electron Rule
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This learning object focuses on fundamental concepts of organometallic chemistry. I use an article published in the Journal of Chemical Education (Jensen, W.B. "The Origin of the 18-Electron Rule," J. Chem. Educ.
Textbook reviews of organometallic textbooks in the journal Organometallics
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Organometallics has just published a series of reviews of new organometallic textbooks.
Navarro, O.; Vicic, D. A.; Jensen, C. New Organometallic Textbook Reviews. Organomet. 2011, ASAP, DOI:10.1021/om101126k.
The textbooks that are reviewed are:
1) The Organometallic Chemistry of the Transition Metals, 5th ed. Robert H. Crabtree (Yale University, USA). Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, USA. 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-25762-3.
Student Literature-Based Organometallic Lecture
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I taught an advanced inorganic chemistry course for the first time this past fall. I focused strictly on organometallic chemistry and we used Spessard and Miessler's book. Because this book is focused on transition metal organometallics, I wanted the students to appreciate some of the organometallic chemistry of the s- and p-block (and zinc). Students worked in pairs (the class size was 12) and had most of the semester to research the literature and develop a 40-50 minute lecture. I also had them develop homework questions and an in class activity to help engage the other students.
The organometallic hypertext book
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I am sure most people already use this but I always refer to students to the Organometallic hypertext book. It has excellent explanations of topics such as back-donation in organometallic complexes.
12 Slides About African American Contributions to the Chemical Sciences
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This presentation provides a brief overview of the contributions of five AfricanAmerican chemists, including two inorganic chemists. George Washington Carver is quite often themost celebrated African American chemist (soil chemist), but he is only one individual! There are many other African Americans that have made important and significant contributions to the chemical sciences. The profiles include inorganic chemists, namely, Professor Gregory H. Robinson, University of Georgia and Dr. Novella Bridges, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL).