The Fogg Research Group

Albertus Magnus (c.1193-1280): "science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena."






Prof. Deryn Fogg
Office: d'Iorio 308
Office hours: Tues and Thurs after lecture.

For handouts and study sets, see bottom of page. Note: links to study set solutions will be activated a week after assignment.

Objectives

This course is an introduction to transition metal chemistry. We will cover basic concepts in coordination chemistry: structure, bonding, electronic structures, spectroscopic and magnetic properties, and reaction mechanisms.

Syllabus

Useful Links & Resources

The elements song Practice the elements!	Nomenclature Lamentations on nomenclature	What to avoid Glossary of physical inorganic / organic terms

What is a metal, anyway? Coordination chemistry definitions and 3-D structures of common coordination geometries (you'll need the Chime plugin, sadly). For those too up-to-date for Chime, some more basic pictures in wiki and as a general inorganic resource, VIPEr.
Inorganic Chemistry Exchange info & application

Having trouble seeing the d-orbital interaction with ligands? Click here.
Symmetry tutorial and test.

Excellent science search engines: scirus, google scholar.
A more general resource: Howstuffworks.
Online journals accessible through U of O library.

Texts for Consultation (on reserve at Morissette Library)

d-Block chemistry by Mark J. Winter (QD 172 .T6 W56 1994)
d- and f- Block Chemistry by Chris J. Jones (QD 172 .T6 J65 2001)
Complexes and first-row transition elements by David Nicholls (QD 474 .N52 1975)

See also sections in:
Inorganic chemistry: principles of structure and reactivity by James E. Huheey, Ellen A. Keiter, Richard L. (QD 151.2 .H84 1993)
Inorganic chemistry by Gary L. Miessler, Donald A. Tarr (QD 151.2 .M54 1999)
Inorganic chemistry by Catherine E. Housecroft and Alan G. Sharpe (QD 151.3 .H685 2008)

Special interest:
Transition metal complexes as drugs and chemotherapeutic agents by Nicholas Farrell (MRT RM 666 .T74 F37 1989)
Transition metal nuclear magnetic resonance, edited by P.S. Pregosin (QD 172 .T6 T74 1991)

See a library text you'd like put on reserve? Let me know, and I will request it.

Downloads

Study Sets: Solutions:	Set 1 Set 1	Set 2 Set 2	Set 3 Set 3	Set 4 Set 4	Set 5 Set 5

Handouts

Chirality and isomerization Nomenclature NMR and splitting patterns for any spin 1/2 nucleus Colour and the electromagnetic spectrum OSPE	Orgel diagrams Magnetism homework MO orbital diagrams overview When 1g, when 2g?

Associated Laboratory

Laboratory Teaching Assistant *3350 not 3750* : Justin Lummiss (jlumm086@uottawa.ca)

Important information Experiment 1 Experiment 2	Experiment 3 Experiment 3 appendix Experiment 4 Experiment 4 appendices	Experiment 5 Experiment 5 appendix IR appendix NMR appendix