Synthesis and Technique in Inorganic Chemistry
Third Edition (1999) ISBN 0935702-48-2 Paperback
Gregory S. Girolami, Thomas B. Rauchfuss, and Robert J. Angelici


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