Background (1 hour)
Microstates (1 hour)
Russell-Saunders coupling (2 hours)
Term symbols (1 hour)
Identify the lowest-energy term (1 hour)
Spin-orbit coupling (1 hour)
Correlation diagrams (1 hour)
Tanabe-Sugano diagrams (2 hours)
Types of electronic transitions (1 hour)
Jablonski diagram (1 hour)
Understand the limitation of one-electron consideration; consideration of electron-electron repulsion; introduction of
Russell-Saunders coupling; assignment of Term symbols; introduction of spin-orbit coupling; correlation of energy
between pure electron-electron repulsion and strong field extremes; introduction of types of electronic transitions
including metal-centered transition, ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) transition, metal-to-ligand charge (MLCT)
transition, ligand-to-ligand charge transfer (LLCT) transition; introduction of Jablonski diagram with consideration of
various radiative and non-radiative decays
Section 4 Reactions and Mechanisms (10 hours)
Background (1 hour)
Kinetic vs. thermodynamic (1 hour)
Classification of mechanisms (1 hour)
Substitution reaction for square planar complexes (2 hours)
Substitution reaction for octahedral complexes (2 hours)
Oxidation-Reduction (Electron-Transfer) Reactions (2 hours)
Inner-sphere reaction
Outer-sphere reaction
Photochemical reaction (2 hours)
Comparison between kinetic and thermodynamic considerations; classification of mechanisms including substitution
reaction, electron transfer reaction and photochemical reaction; substitution reaction details including kinetic and
thermodynamic considerations in square planar complexes; substitution reaction details including kinetic and
thermodynamic considerations in octahedral planar complexes; associative and dissociative mechanisms