Unit · year 3
CU-306 · Main Group & Inorganic Chemistry
Threads bonding · structure25 lectures5 results
Patterns of structure and reactivity across the main-group elements.
Lectures
| L01 | The Main Group: An Overview — |
| L02 | Periodic Trends Across the p-Block |
| L03 | The Inert Pair Effect |
| L04 | Diagonal Relationships |
| L05 | Anomalous Behaviour of Period 2 |
| L06 | Groups 1 and 2: Patterns of Reactivity — |
| L07 | Group 13: Boron and Electron Deficiency — |
| L08 | Group 14: From Carbon to Lead — |
| L09 | Group 15: Nitrogen and Phosphorus — |
| L10 | Group 16: Oxygen and Sulfur — |
| L11 | Group 17: The Halogens — |
| L12 | Group 18: Noble Gas Compounds — |
| L13 | Structures of Main-Group Compounds |
| L14 | Hypervalency and Three-Centre Bonding |
| L15 | Cluster Compounds and Wade's Rules |
| L16 | Acid–Base Character of Oxides |
| L17 | Trends in Oxide Acidity |
| L18 | Amphoterism |
| L19 | Hard and Soft Acids and Bases |
| L20 | Applying HSAB to Reactivity |
| L21 | HSAB and Mineral Occurrence |
| L22 | Redox Stability and Latimer Diagrams |
| L23 | Frost Diagrams |
| L24 | Reading Disproportionation from a Frost Diagram |
| L25 | Synthesis: Patterns Across the Main Group |
Results in this unit
T-097
Periodic trends across the p-block
Down-group and across-period patterns of behaviour.
T-098
Hard and soft acids and bases
Predicting the stability of adducts and complexes.
T-099
Frost diagrams
Oxidation-state stability seen at a glance.
T-100
Structures of main-group compounds
Applying VSEPR across the elements.
T-101
Trends in oxide acidity
From basic to acidic across a period.