Chem 426/527 Course Materials: Main Group Chemistry

This page contains course materials for the main group chemistry lectures by Dr. Hicks (Jan 4 - Feb 13 inclusive).

last updated: January 8/08

In class Handouts

• Course syllabus and related materials
• Handout 1, Jan 4: Periodic table and trends

Problem Sets

• Problem Set 1
• answers to PS1
• Problem Set 2
• answers to PS2

Additional Reading: downloads

• Book chapter on frontier orbitals
• Review article on the isolobal analogy
• Reviews on multiple bonding in heavy main group elements by Norman (1993), Power (1998), and Power (2003).

Additional Reading: 2-hour library reserve list

• Chemical Structure and Bonding, Roger L. DeKock, Harry B. Gray
  Orbital interactions in chemistry, Thomas A. Albright, Jeremy K. Burdett, Myung-Hwan Whangbo
  An introduction to molecular orbitals, Yves Jean and François Volatron ; translated and edited by Jeremy Burdett.

  These three books focus on general theoretical (but largely descriptive) aspects of “structure and bonding” in inorganic chemistry.

• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry : a Comprehensive Text, 4th edition, F. Albert Cotton and Geoffrey Wilkinson.

• Inorganic Cchemistry of Main Group Elements, R. Bruce King

• Main Group Chemistry, A.G. Massey