Course Review

Electronic Structure

Atomic electron configurations

Term Symbols

Effective nuclear charge

Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Complexes

Magnetism in Transition Metal Complexes

Bonding

Valence Bond Theory

Lewis Dot Structures

Effective Atomic Number Rule

Molecular Orbital Theory

Diatomic

Group Theory for Polyatomics

Ligand Field Theory

Ionic Bonding

Theoretical Models

Experimental Determination using Born-Haber cycles

Crystal Field Theory

Metallic Bonding

Metals

Semiconductors

Nanoparticles

Weak Interactions

Structure

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

Gross molecular structure

Fine structure, predicting bond angles and bond lengths

Symmetry

Solid State Packing

Bravais Lattices and Space Groups

Reactivity

Substitution Reactions in Transition Metal Complexes

Irving-William Series

Spectrochemical Series

Dissociative (D) Mechanism

Associative (A) Mechanism

Interchange (I) Mechanism

Electron Transfer Reactions

Inner Sphere Mechanism

Outer Sphere Mechanism

Marcus Theory

Reactions of Organometallic Complexes

Insertion Reactions

Oxidative Addition Reactions

Reductive Elimination Reactions

Catalytic Cycles