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CH 411 / 511

CH 411 / 511. Inorganic Chemistry. Instructor – contact info. Professor Michael Lerner Office: 203 Gilbert Hall campus phone: 737-6747 e-mail: michael.lerner@oregonstate.edu office hours:  T 2-3; Th 12-1, by appt, or just stop by

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CH 411 / 511

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  1. CH 411 / 511 Inorganic Chemistry

  2. Instructor – contact info • Professor Michael Lerner • Office: 203 Gilbert Hall • campus phone: 737-6747 • e-mail: michael.lerner@oregonstate.edu • office hours:  T 2-3; Th 12-1, by appt, or just stop by • Class website: http://www.chemistry.oregonstate.edu/courses/ch411/

  3. Course credits • CH511 is 4 credits only • CH411 is 3 credits only • CH511 has several required and graded problem sets, these are optional and extra credit for CH411 students

  4. Syllabus • Required text: Inorganic Chemistry 5/e (Shriver, Atkins, 2010) ISBN 1-4292-1820-7 • 411/511 covers CH 1-10, fairly inclusive • 412/512 covers CH 11–19, 23, 24 • Solutions manual by Hagerman, Schnabel, Ramanajuchary (ISBN 1-4292-5255-3) is on reserve at Valley Library, you can order online if you wish • Full syllabus on class website.

  5. Assignments in text • There are assigned exercises and problems in the text. • Listed on the problems web page • Not graded, but some parts will be on exams • Brief solutions to all are in the solutions manual

  6. Grading and exams • 2 Midterms are 100 pts each • Final is 200 pts • CH511 – problems sets will total about 150 points • CH 411 and 511 are graded on separate curves • Exams: • announced 1 week in advance • closed book, in class, 1 hour • practice exams and solutions will be posted online

  7. End of General course info Questions ??

  8. What is Inorganic Chemistry ? Organic chemistry – the chemistry of carbon skeleton compounds Inorganic chemistry - the chemistry of everything else • Metal–ligand complexes • Solid state and materials

  9. OSU Research in Inorganic Chemistry Mas Subramanian Doug Keszler Mike Lerner Kevin Gable

  10. Periodic Table

  11. Chemistry is a dynamic discipline “It is disconcerting to reflect on the number of students we have flunked in chemistry for not knowing what we later found to be untrue.” -- quoted in Robert L. Weber, Science with a Smile

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