Advanced Inorganic Laboratory

12-12:50 PM M; 8:00-11:50 AM T H; THAW 300

Course Syllabus (pdf)

Connect to CourseWeb and the Johnstown Lab

MSDS Database

Guidelines on Keeping a Good Laboratory Notebook

Guidelines on Writing a Good Laboratory Report

Supplementary Materials for Experiments:

• Ferrocene: Szafran p. 302-310 (Experiment 40)
  • The Discovery of Ferrocene (pdf)
  • UV Spectrum of Ferrocene; more data on Ferrocene and Acetylferrocene
  • Determination of Extinction Coefficients etc (pdf)
  • Flash Chromatography for Preparative Separations (pdf)
  • Bonus Problem: Calculate UV and IR Spectra of Ferrocene and Acetylferrocene, and Compare to Experimental Data (pdf); can you design a Ferrocene derivative that is green-colored?
• Wilkinson's Catalyst: Szafran p. 271-282 (Experiment 34)
  • Some General Information on Wilkinson's Catalyst
  • NMR Spectra, GC-MS Analysis - Data (pdf)
  • Mechanism & Stereoselectivity of Asymmetric Hydrogenation (pdf)
• Preparation of Ruthenium Metathesis Catalyst (pdf)
• Ring Closing Metathesis (pdf)
  • GC-MS Analysis - Data (pdf)
• ROMP of Cyclooctadiene (pdf)
• Cobaloxime: Angelici p. 211-217 (Experiment 21) (pdf)
  • IR & NMR Spectra (pdf)
• Cisplatin: Szafran p. 337-341 (Experiment 48)
  • MS Spectrum (pdf)
• Biological Evaluation: Potato Disk Tumor Induction Assay (pdf)
  • Cool Agrobacterium Information
  • Protocol for Potato Disk Assay (pdf)

Lecture Notes (pp slides; pdf)

• Spectroscopy (pdf)
• Molecular Modeling (pdf)
• Introduction to Organometallic Chemistry (pdf)
• Catalysis (pdf)
• Techniques for Handling Air-Sensitive Compounds
  • The Man behind the Flask (pdf)
  • Lecture (pdf)
• Ring-Closing Metathesis (RCM) and Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP) (pdf)
• Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (pdf)
• Platinum Complexes, Part I (pdf)
• (Bio)Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms (pdf)
  • Arigoni's chiral methyl group (link to a student paper)
• Mechanism of Action of Cisplatin (pdf)
  • April's Cultures (pdf)

Exam Solutions (pdf)

Scores & Grades (pdf)