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Textbook
Cotton, Frank A. Chemical Applications of Group Theory. 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990. ISBN: 9780471510949.
Grading
Grading Criteria.
| ACTIVITIES |
PERCENTAGES |
| Problem Sets |
25% |
| 3 Exams (25% each) |
75% |
Academic Honesty
It is expected that students will maintain the highest standards of academic honesty.
With respect to homework assignments, it is expected that no student will turn in work that is not his or her own by copying the work of another student or by using the work or solutions from this course given in previous years. Discussion of approaches to solving the homework problems after attempting to work the problems independently, however, is permitted and encouraged.
It is expected that during a test or examination, a student will not:
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Accept or use information of any kind from other students
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Represent the work of another student as his or her own
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Use aids to memory other than those expressly permitted by the examiner. Following a test or examination, a student will not try to deceive teachers or graders by misrepresenting or altering his or her previous work. In advance of a test or exam, a student will not knowingly obtain access to the exam questions.
Departures from the above standards are contrary to fundamental principles of MIT and of the larger scientific community. Such departures are considered serious offenses for which disciplinary penalties, including suspension and expulsion, can be imposed.
Calendar
Course Calendar.
| LEC # |
TOPICS |
KEY DATES |
| 1 |
Symmetry Elements and Operations |
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| 2 |
Operator Properties and Mathematical Groups |
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| 3 |
Similarity Transforms, Classes and Representations |
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| 4 |
Characters and Character Tables |
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| 5 |
Molecular Point Groups I |
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| 6 |
Molecular Point Groups II |
Problem set 1 due |
| 7 |
LCAO and Hückel Theory I |
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| 8 |
Hückel Theory II |
Problem set 2 due |
| 9 |
N-Dimensional Cyclic Systems |
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| 10 |
From Molecular Orbitals to Bands |
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| 11 |
Band Theory |
Problem set 3 due |
| 12 |
Frontier Molecular Orbitals: σ Ligands |
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Exam 1 |
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| 13 |
Frontier Molecular Orbitals: π Ligands |
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| 14 |
ML6 σ Complexes |
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| 15 |
ML6 π Complexes |
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| 16 |
Angular Overlap Method and M-L Diatomics |
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| 17 |
AOM for MLn Ligand Fields |
Problem set 4 due |
| 18 |
Spectrochemical Series (Oh) / Descent in Symmetry |
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| 19 |
Multiply Bonded Metal-Ligand Complexes |
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| 20 |
Sandwich Compounds |
Problem set 5 due |
| 21 |
Bent Cp Complexes |
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| 22 |
Metal-Metal Bonding: Single Bonds |
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| 23 |
Metal-Metal Bonding: Quadruple Bonds |
Problem set 6 due |
| 24 |
Spectroscopy Introduction |
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| 25 |
Central Field Approximation |
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Exam 2 |
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| 26 |
One Electron Crystal Field Energies |
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| 27 |
Many Electron States: Russell Saunders Coupling |
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| 28 |
Atomic State Wave Functions and Energies |
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| 29 |
Weak and Strong Field Approximations |
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| 30 |
Tanabe Sugano Diagrams |
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| 31 |
Electronic Selection Rules |
Problem set 8 due |
| 32 |
Vibrational Spectroscopy and the IR |
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| 33 |
Normal Coordinate Analysis |
Problem set 9 due |
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Exam 3 |
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