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
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
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
The History of Inorganic Chemistry
1. 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
Bioinorganic Chemistry
N2 + 3 H2 2 NH3
Current problem that bridges organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry