Visualizations for use in Inorganic Chemistry
Chem 351 Carleton College/ Chem 64 Dartmouth College
Three Fe(II) Complexes
BF
3
, PtCl
4
2-
and Staggered Ethane
Examples of Molecules from Low Symmetry Point Groups
Examples of Molecules in the High Symmetry Point Groups
An Fe(II) complex similar to the Spin Cross Over Complex
Tetrahedral, Square Planar and Octahedral Complexes of the Cl- Ligand
Tetrahedral, Trigonal Bipyramidal and Octahedral Complexes of the CO Ligand
Web Sites for Teaching, Learning, and Admiring Molecular Symmetry
ML
6
structures of the σ-only donor ligand CH
3
Cymantrene and the Cymantrene Radical Cation
An Icosahedral B
12
H
12
2-
anion
Ziess' Salt: JSmol
One allyl Ir Complex
Ferrocene
Ti-Ti dimer
The Berry PseudoRotation JSmol
Metalloproteins
Hemoglobin
Azurin
Jahn-Teller Distorted Molecules
The Jahn-Teller Distorted [Cu(H
2
O)
6
]
2+
cation
The Jahn-Teller Distorted Cu
II
(H
2
EDTA)(H
2
O)] complex
Tetrahedral Molecules
A Zinc Finger Protein from the Protein Data Base
CoCl
4
2-
Zinc Finger Protein binding to DNA
Myelin Transcription Factor, a Zn Finger Protein
A second Zn Fingure Protein
A Ligand designed to force Tetrahedral Geometry
A Biological Application: Ligands that "stabilize" Cu(I)
Some Square Planar Molecules
A Complex Square Planar at Platinum
Square Planar PtCl
4
2-
Visualizations for Homework
Contrast the LFSE for [CoCl
4
]
2-
and [Co(H
2
O)
6
]
2+
Are these molecules Jahn-Teller Distorted?
Ferrocene
Visualizations for Literature Papers
A Cr(I)-Cr(I) dimer with a Quintuple Bond
Visualizations for Characterization of the First Examples of Isolable Molecular Hydrogen Complexes
Ferromagnetic and Antiferromagnetic Materials
Visualizations for Ligand-of-the-Week Exercises
Visualizations for Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Lab JSmol