Chemistry 4414 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory List of Experiments
Each student pair will perform 6 different general experiments and a special project. During the first ten weeks the students will perform experiment 1A or 1B, experiment 2A, 2B,or 2C experiment 3A and 3B, experiment 4A, 4B, 4C, or 4D, and one additional experiment of your choice from those listed below. During the last five weeks each student pair will pursue a special project in one of the areas listed. General Experiments 1. Preparation of geometric and optical isomers of coordination compounds (Pick A or B) A. cis- and trans- [Co(en)2Cl2]Cl B. (+) and (-) [Co(en)3]3+ 2. Preparation of Materials (Pick A, B or C) A. High Temperature Superconductor, 1-2-3 Y, Ba, Cu Oxides B. Metal Halide, Al2I6 C. Preparation of Magnetite and Zinc Ferrite, Fe3O4 [FeFe2O4] and ZnFe2O4 3. Organometallic Molybdenum Compounds (Perform A and B) A. Molecular Modeling of [Mo(CO)4(NN)] with two different NN ligands B. Synthesis and Characterization of [Mo(CO)4(NN)] with two different NN ligands 4. Inert Atmosphere Preparations and Air Sensitive Systems A. Isolation of a nonclassical coordination compound, Cr2(O2CCH3)4·2H2O. B. Vacuum Line Preparation of (CH3)3NBF3 C. Metal Halides, CrCl3·3THF D. Nickelocene 5. Student Choice Pick one additional experiment of your choice from the lists above. Special Projects 1. Catalysis (BEH) 2. Preparing Light Absorbers (KJB) 3. Hydrothermal Synthesis (BEH) 4. Sol-Gel Synthesis (JGD) 5. Ligand Synthesis (PAD) 6. Molecular Modeling (KJB) 7. Inorganic Nanocrystals (BMT) 8. Crystal Growth and X-ray Analysis (CS) 9. Binuclear Copper Complexes of Bioinorganic Interest (SS) The faculty contacts for each experiment are identified in parentheses. KJB - Professor Karen Brewer, 1105 Hahn Hall, 231-6579, kbrewer@chemserver.chem.vt.edu JGD - Professor John Dillard, 2 Davidson Hall, 231-6926, john.dillard@vt.edu PAD - Professor Paul Deck, 2101 Hahn Hall, 231-3493, pdeck@chemserver.chem.vt.edu BEH - Professor Brian Hanson, 1101 Hahn Hall, 231-7206, bhanson@chemserver.chem.vt.edu CS - Dr. Carla Slebodnick, B-14 Davidson, 231-1848, cslebodnick@chemserver.chem.vt.edu SS - Dr. Shawn Swavey, 2009 Hahn Hall, 231-4708, sswavey@chemserver.chem.vt.edu BMT - Professor Brian Tissue, 1111 Hahn Hall, 231-3786, btissue@chemserver.chem.vt.edu