Contents First Semester

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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
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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
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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

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The History of Inorganic Chemistry

• 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

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Bioinorganic Chemistry
Current problem that bridges organometallic and
bioinorganic chemistry
N2 3 H2 ? 2 NH3