1. CH 411 / 511
Inorganic Chemistry
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2. Instructor – contact info
Professor Michael Lerner
Office: 203 Gilbert Hall
campus phone:
office hours:  T 2-3; Th 12-1, by appt, or just stop by
Class website:
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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
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4. Syllabus
Required text: Inorganic Chemistry 5/e (Shriver, Atkins, 2010) ISBN
411/511 covers CH 1-10, fairly inclusive
412/512 covers CH 11–19, 23, 24
Solutions manual by Hagerman, Schnabel, Ramanajuchary (ISBN ) is on reserve at Valley Library, you can order online if you wish
Full syllabus on class website.
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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
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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
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7. End of General course info
Questions ??
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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
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9. OSU Research in Inorganic Chemistry
Mas Subramanian
Doug Keszler
Mike Lerner
Kevin Gable
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10. Periodic Table
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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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