Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Laboratory

9452131迈尔斯31该项目将开发一种新的方法，成功地将科学研究的技术和方法整合到该课程中，从而实现高水平的本科生无机化学实验室。此外，无机化学的多样性，从分子物质到结构延伸的材料，将在一个单一的、连贯的实验室课程的背景下介绍。这种方法已经在进行中，到目前为止，学生的经验已经涵盖了从有机金属络合物的光化学制备和表征到沸石的制备和离子交换的各个方面。该提案包括四项新举措：1)使用二极管阵列动力学分光光度计研究反应动力学和机理；2)电化学表征和制备技术(如循环伏安法和本体电解)；3)通过Schlenk技术制备和操作空气敏感络合物；以及4)使用和维护惰性气氛封闭。此外，台式计算机将用于计算X射线粉末衍射图和自由能最小化计算，以预测最佳反应条件。

9452131 Myers 31The project will develop a novel approach to the upper-level undergraduate inorganic chemistry laboratory which successfully integrates both the techniques and methodologies of scientific research into the course. Further, the diversity of inorganic chemistry, from molecular substances to structurally extended materials, will be presented within the context of a single, coherent laboratory course. This approach is already under way, and student experience to date has run the gamut from photochemical preparation and characterization of an organometallic complex to the preparation and ion exchange of a zeolite. Four new initiatives are incorporated into the proposal: 1) use of a diode array kinetic spectrophotometer in the study of reaction kinetics and mechanisms, 2) electrochemical characterization and preparation techniques (e.g. cyclic voltammetry and bulk electrolysis), 3) preparation and manipulation of air sensitive complexes by Schlenk techniques, and 4) use and maintenance of inert atmosphere enclosures. In addition, desktop computers will be employed for calculating X-ray powder diffraction patterns and for free energy minimization calculations to predict optimum reaction conditions.