INTRODUCTION
Safety
Laboratory Procedures
Research Notebook
Standard References in Inorganic Chemistry
PART I. SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY
EXPERIMENT 1-The 1-2-3 Superconductor YBa2Cu3O7
Tube Furnace Preparation
Superconductivity
Iodometric Titrations
EXPERIMENT 2-The Layered Solids VO(PO4)(H2O)2 and VO(HPO4)(H2O)0.5
Oxidation of Alcohols to Ketones
Powder X-ray Diffraction
EXPERIMENT 3-The Molecular Sieve Zeolite-X
Ion Exchange in Microporous Solids
High Pressure Synthesis
PART II. MAIN GROUP CHEMISTRY
EXPERIMENT 4-The Borane-Amine Adduct BH3:NH2C(CH3)3
Lewis Acids and Bases
EXPERIMENT 5-Buckminsterfullerene (C60)and Its Electrochemistry
Soxhlet Extraction
Cyclic Voltammetry
EXPERIMENT 6-Vacuum Line Synthesis of GeH4
Vacuum Line and Trap-to-Trap Purification
Gas-Phase Infrared Spectroscopy
EXPERIMENT 7-Tin Chemistry: Coordination Complexes and Organometallic Derivatives
Linkage Isomerism
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
EXPERIMENT 8-Synthesis of(C6H5)2PCH2CH2P
(C6H5)2in Liquid Ammonia
Metal-Ammonia Solutions
EXPERIMENT 9-Electrolytic Synthesis of K2S2O8
Electrolytic Preparation
PART III. COORDINATION CHEMISTRY
EXPERIMENT 10-Ion Exchange Separation of Chromium Complexes
Ion Exchange Chromatography
Ligand Exchange Reactons
EXPERIMENT 11-Metal-Metal Quadruple Bonds
Molecular Orbital Theory
EXPERIMENT 12-The Paramagnetic Complex Mn(acac)3
Magnetic Susceptibility
The Gouy Method
The Evans Method
EXPERIMENT 13-;Preparation and Aquation of Co(NH3)5Cl2+
Electrical Conductance of Solutions of Ionic Compounds
Ligand Exchange Kinetics
EXPERIMENT 14-Optical Resolution of Co(en)33+
Optical Rotations
Resolution of Optical Isomers
EXPERIMENT 15-Metal Dithiolenes and the Use of Quaternary Ammonium Salts
Quaternary Ammonium Salts
PART IV. ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
EXPERIMENT 16-The Metal-Arene Complex [1,3,5-C6H3(CH3)3]Mo(CO)3
Infrared Spectra of Metal Carbonyls
EXPERIMENT 17-Organo-Iron Chemistry: (C5H5)2Fe2(CO)4
and (C5H5)Fe(CO)2CH3
Schlenk Line Techniques
Infrared Spectra of Solutions
EXPERIMENT 18-The Metal Carbonyl Cluster Fe3(CO)12
Mass Spectrometry
EXPERIMENT 19-Microscale Synthesis of Vaska's Complex IrCl(CO)[P(C6H5)3]2
Oxidative Addition Reactions
Infrared Spectra of Solids
EXPERIMENT 20-The Air-Sensitive Sandwich Complex Nickelocene
Diels-Alder Additions
Sublimation
Glove Bag Manipulations
PART V. BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
EXPERIMENT 21-Cobaloximes: Models of Vitamin B12
Enzyme Models
EXPERIMENT 22-Amino Acid Complexes: Stability Constants of Ni(glycinate)n(2-n)+
Amino Acid Chemistry
pH Titrations of Metal Complexes
EXPERIMENT 23-Bioinorganic Coordination Chemistry: Copper(II)
Tetraphenylporphyrinate
Metalloporphyrin Chemistry
Thin-layer and Column Chromatography
NOTES TO INSTRUCTOR
APPENDICES
1. Approximate Concentrations and Densities of Commercial, Reagent Grade Acids and Bases
2. Expected Molar Conductance Ranges for 2, 3, 4, and 5 Ion Electrolytes in Some Common Solvents
3. Transmission Ranges of Cell Materials for Infrared and Ultraviolet-Visible Spectroscopy
4. Properties of Commercial Glasses
5. Common Solvents and Their Properties
6. Drying (Dehydrating) Agents
7. Natural Abundances and Nuclear Spins of Stable Isotopes
8. Baths for Cooling and Heating
9. SI Units
10. Selected Spectra.
GENERAL INDEX