CHEM C172

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Systematic approach to modern inorganic chemistry, structure and bonding of inorganic molecules and solids, structure/reactivity relationships, vibrational spectra of complexes, electronic structure and ligand-field theory, mechanisms of inorganic reactions, bonding and spectroscopy of organometallic compounds, transition metals in catalysis and biology. Concurrently scheduled with course C272.

P/NP or letter grading.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 171 with grade of C– or better.

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grade C- or better in

CHEM 171

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CHEM C172

CHEM 171Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
  - CHEM 30AOrganic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity1 more beneath

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