Ch153a - Winter 2019
Instructors Guests TA
Harry Gray email-logo A. S. Borovik (UC Irvine) Brendon McNicholas email-logo
Jay Winkler email-logo R. David Britt (UC Davis)  
  Michael T. Green (UC Irvine) Office Hours (BI 121)
  George Rossman (Caltech) Tuesdays, 3-4 PM
  Glenn Waychunas (LBNL) Wednesdays, 9-10 AM
    Thursdays, 9-10 AM
Fridays, 10:00-11:55 AM   @Harry & Jay
115 Beckman Institute    

 

Week 9 - metal-metal bonds
       
   
     
  Notes on the H2 Molecule: Coulson & Fischer (available through Caltech docuserve)  
  Metal-Metal Bonds in the First Transition Series  

 

Week 8 - Mn2+, Cr3+, and more
       
   
     
  Problem Set 9  
  Due 13 March, 2019 (note the extra time!)  

 

Week 7 - Professor George Rossman and Dr. Glenn Waychunas
       
   
     
  Problem Set 8  
  Due 1 March, 2019  

 

Week 6 - intervalence charge transfer
       
   
     
  Problem Set 7  
  Due 22 February, 2019  

 

Week 5 - Professors A. S. Borovik & M. T. Green
       
   
     
  Problem Set 6  
  Due 15 February, 2019  

 

Week 4 - Born-Fajans-Haber Cycles
       
   
  Morris D. F. C. & Short, E. L., The Born-Fajans-Haber Correlation  
     
  Problem Set 5  
  Due 8 February, 2019  
  A. S. Borovik, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 1870-1874  

 

Week 3 - Professor R. David Britt (UC Davis)
       
   
     
  Problem Set 4  
  Due 1 February, 2019  

 

Week 2 - descent into trigonality
       
   
  Spandl, J.; Supel, J.; Drews, T.; Seppelt, K. Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 2006, 632, 2222-2225  
     
  Problem Set 3  
  Due 25 January, 2019  

 

Week 1 - the oldest oxo
       
   
       
  Problem Set 2  
  Due 18 January, 2019  
  Handout on Franck-Condon bandshape analysis  
  MATLAB script to calculate Franck-Condon progressions  

 

Week 0 - tetrahedral coordination
     
   
     
  Problem Set 1  
  Due 11 January, 2019