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Inorganic Chemistry Quiz 1
Power Points 1 - 3: DR.Z
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 3
08/28/2011

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Organometallic Chemistry
Definition
Started by G Wilkinson with Ferrocene
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Dmitri Mendeleev
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Created Periodic Table
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Periods
Definition
Horizontal Rows in Periodic Table: 7
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Groups
Definition
Vertical Rows in Periodic Table: 18
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Atomic Size
Definition
Decreases Across Period, Increases Down Group
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Ionization Potential
Definition
Energy required to remove valence electron from atom. (Most positive toward top right)
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Electron Affinity
Definition
Energy released when electron is added to an atom.
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Electronegativity
Definition
Ability of atoms to attract electrons
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Alkali Metals
Definition
Group 1
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Alkaline-Earth Metals
Definition
Group 2
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Transition Metals
Definition
Groups 3-12
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Chalcogens
Definition
Group 16
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Halogens
Definition
Group 17
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Noble Gases
Definition
Group 18
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Supramolecular Chemistry
Definition
Study of features of complex chemical species and organization through non covalent interactions. Van der Waals forces, pi pi interactions, hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions.
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Intermolecular forces
Definition
Determine physiochemical properties such as melting point and solubility.
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Van der Waals Interactions
Definition
van der Waals interactions are the sum of attractive (dispersive) and repulsive forces.
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Hydrophobic Interactions
Definition
Result from hydrocarbons repelling when in water.
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Hydrogen Bonds
Definition
represented as XH…YZ, is an electrostatic interaction
between an electropositive hydrogen atom and two electronegative
atoms X and Y.
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Carboxylic Acids
Definition
Self Assemble through H bonds.
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Supramolecular Synthons
Definition
a structural unit in
the supermolecule which can formed by intermolecular interactions
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Polymorphism
Definition
When the same chemical
substance exhibits different crystal structures
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Cambridge Structural Database
Definition
Archive for all crystal
structures that contain organic moieties (>560,000)
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First Cocrystal
Definition
Quinhydrone
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Crystals
Definition
exhibit a regular repeating array of atoms,
molecules or ions that extend in three dimensions
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X Rays
Definition
Wilhelm Roentgen 1895
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