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Symmetry Elements and Operations |
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| 2 |
Operator Properties and Mathematical Groups |
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| 3 |
Similarity Transforms, Classes and Representations |
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| 4 |
Characters and Character Tables |
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| 5 |
Molecular Point Groups I |
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| 6 |
Molecular Point Groups II |
Problem set 1 due |
| 7 |
LCAO and Hückel Theory I |
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| 8 |
Hückel Theory II |
Problem set 2 due |
| 9 |
N-Dimensional Cyclic Systems |
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| 10 |
From Molecular Orbitals to Bands |
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| 11 |
Band Theory |
Problem set 3 due |
| 12 |
Frontier Molecular Orbitals: σ Ligands |
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Exam 1 |
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| 13 |
Frontier Molecular Orbitals: π Ligands |
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| 14 |
ML6 σ Complexes |
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| 15 |
ML6 π Complexes |
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| 16 |
Angular Overlap Method and M-L Diatomics |
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| 17 |
AOM for MLn Ligand Fields |
Problem set 4 due |
| 18 |
Spectrochemical Series (Oh) / Descent in Symmetry |
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| 19 |
Multiply Bonded Metal-Ligand Complexes |
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| 20 |
Sandwich Compounds |
Problem set 5 due |
| 21 |
Bent Cp Complexes |
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| 22 |
Metal-Metal Bonding: Single Bonds |
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| 23 |
Metal-Metal Bonding: Quadruple Bonds |
Problem set 6 due |
| 24 |
Spectroscopy Introduction |
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| 25 |
Central Field Approximation |
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Exam 2 |
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| 26 |
One Electron Crystal Field Energies |
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| 27 |
Many Electron States: Russell Saunders Coupling |
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| 28 |
Atomic State Wave Functions and Energies |
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| 29 |
Weak and Strong Field Approximations |
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| 30 |
Tanabe Sugano Diagrams |
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| 31 |
Electronic Selection Rules |
Problem set 8 due |
| 32 |
Vibrational Spectroscopy and the IR |
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| 33 |
Normal Coordinate Analysis |
Problem set 9 due |
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Exam 3 |
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