Chem 501: Structural Chemistry

VIC MARIE I. CAMACHO (vigesa3@yahoo.com)

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Course Content

Textbooks/Supplementary Materials

Grading

Course Requirements

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COURSE OVERVIEW

COURSE CONTENT

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•Foundations • The atom, Nuclear Reactions and Periodicity

•Molecular Structure and bonding• Lewis, VBT, MOT

•Solids• ionic, molecular, network

•d-Metal Complexes• transition compounds

•Applications

Textbooks

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Required texts: Shriver and Atkins (1999). Inorganic Chemistry 3rd Edition. New

York: Oxford Press

Reference BooksChang, Raymond (2005). Chemistry 8th Edition Singapore: McGraw-HillSilberberg, Chemistry.Hill,J and Kolb, D (1998). Chemistry for the Changing Times.6th Ed

Prentice Hall IncMasterton and Hurley(1998). Chemistry: Principles and Reactions.

USA: Saunders College Publishing

Course Requirements

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•Portfolio•Power point presentation•Plastic Egg Models•Journal Reading Reflections•Module•Field Trip•Wiki

Grading

• Quizzes/Long Exams (25%)• Projects (20%)• Class Performance (15%)• Alternative Learning Outputs (40%)

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