| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Symmetry Elements and Operations | |
| 2 | Operator Properties and Mathematical Groups | Sections 3.1-3.10, and 4.1 |
| 3 | Similarity Transforms, Classes and Representations | Chapter 2. Section 4.2 |
| 4 | Characters and Character Tables | Sections 4.3-4.5 |
| 5 | Molecular Point Groups I | Sections 3.11-3.15 |
| 6 | Molecular Point Groups II | |
| 7 | LCAO and Hückel Theory I | Chapter 6. Sections 5.1 -5.2 |
| 8 | Hückel Theory II | Chapter 7 |
| 9 | N-Dimensional Cyclic Systems | |
| 10 | From Molecular Orbitals to Bands | |
| 11 | Band Theory | |
| 12 | Frontier Molecular Orbitals: σ Ligands | |
| 13 | Frontier Molecular Orbitals: π Ligands | |
| 14 | ML6 σ Complexes | Sections 8.1-8.4 |
| 15 | ML6 π Complexes | Section 8.6 |
| 16 | Angular Overlap Method and M-L Diatomics | |
| 17 | AOM for MLn Ligand Fields | |
| 18 | Spectrochemical Series (Oh) / Descent in Symmetry | Section 8.4 |
| 19 | Multiply Bonded Metal-Ligand Complexes | |
| 20 | Sandwich Compounds | Section 8.8 |
| 21 | Bent Cp Complexes | |
| 22 | Metal-Metal Bonding: Single Bonds | Section 8.7 |
| 23 | Metal-Metal Bonding: Quadruple Bonds | |
| 24 | Spectroscopy Introduction | |
| 25 | Central Field Approximation | |
| 26 | One Electron Crystal Field Energies | |
| 27 | Many Electron States: Russell Saunders Coupling | |
| 28 | Atomic State Wave Functions and Energies | |
| 29 | Weak and Strong Field Approximations | |
| 30 | Tanabe Sugano Diagrams | |
| 31 | Electronic Selection Rules | |
| 32 | Vibrational Spectroscopy and the IR | |
| 33 | Normal Coordinate Analysis |
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Study Materials
Readings
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Readings are from the required textbook:
Cotton, Frank A. Chemical Applications of Group Theory. 3rd ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1990. ISBN: 9780471510949.