CHEM341

A study of advanced topics in inorganic chemistry. Topics may include molecular symmetry and group theory and their application to bonding, electronic and vibrational spectra of molecules, unusual chemistry of the main group elements, especially organoelement chemistry.  A study of transition metal chemistry introduces the angular overlap model and builds on CHEM 340 to consider theoretical spectroscopic perspectives of coordination compounds. Topics in organometallic chemistry may include the Effective Atomic Number Rule, reactions and catalysis, and transition metal clusters.