Contents First Semester

Ch 1. Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry

Ch 2. Atomic Structure

Ch 3. Simple Bonding Theory

Ch 4. Symmetry and Group Theory

Ch 5. Molecular Orbitals

Ch 6. Acid-Base and Donor-Acceptor Chemistry

Ch 7. The Crystalline Solid State

Ch 8. Chemistry of the Main Group Chemistry

What is Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry: the chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds and

their derivatives

Inorganic Chemistry: the chemistry of “everything else”

Organometallic Chemistry: the chemistry of compounds

containing direct metal-carbon bonds

Bioinorganic Chemistry: the chemistry that bridges biochemistry

and inorganic chemistry

Environmental Chemistry: includes the study of

both inorganic

and organic compounds

Contrasts with organic Chemistry

Inorganic Compounds Organic Compounds

Bond Order single, double, triple single, double, triple

quadruple

Bonding Type, H, CH3 M-H-M, M-CH3-M C-H

Coordination Number max 9, most common 6 max 4

Geometry (CN = 4) tetrahedral, square planar tetrahedral

The History of Inorganic Chemistry

1. Alchemy, Au, Cu

2. 17 century, HNO3, H2SO4, HCl are known

3. 1869, concept of atoms and molecules

4. 1896, radioactivity

5. 1913, Bohr theory

6. 1866 – 1919, Coordination theory

7. 1926 – 1927, Quantum mechanics

8. 1950, Crystal field and ligand field theory

9. 1955, Organometallic compound, Ziegler-Natta

Bioinorganic Chemistry

N2 + 3 H2 2 NH3

Current problem that bridges organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry