Course Code
CHM225
Course Credit
4
This course expands upon CHM 151 topics including periodic trends, valence bond and hybridization theory, VSEPR, Crystal field theory and Hard Soft Acid Base theory. It also introduces transition metal chemistry, coordination complexes, colloid, suspension and solution properties, polarity and intermolecular forces. Laboratory experiments present an overview of the chemistry of representative elements and the more important transition metals including their occurrence, preparation, applications, reactivity, solubility, acid/base behavior and redox behavior.