inorganic-chemistry - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: inorganic-chemistry description: Chemistry of inorganic compounds license: MIT compatibility: opencode metadata: audience: inorganic chemists, researchers, students category: chemistry

What I do

Study elements and inorganic compounds
Analyze coordination chemistry and metal complexes
Investigate organometallic compounds
Research solid-state chemistry
Characterize inorganic reactions and mechanisms
Develop inorganic materials

When to use me

When studying transition metal chemistry
When analyzing coordination compounds
When investigating organometallic reactions
When working with solid-state materials
When characterizing inorganic complexes
When developing catalysts

Key Concepts

Periodic Trends

Atomic radius: Decreases across period, increases down group
Ionization energy: Increases across period
Electronegativity: Increases across period
Electron affinity: Varies across period
Oxidation states: Variable for transition metals

Coordination Chemistry

Ligand Types

Monodentate: Single donor atom (NH₃, H₂O, Cl⁻)
Bidentate: Two donor atoms (en, oxalate)
Polydentate: Multiple donor atoms (EDTA)
Ambidentate: Multiple binding modes (SCN⁻, NO₂⁻)

# Example: Crystal field stabilization energy
def cfse(electron_config, geometry):
    """
    Calculate crystal field stabilization energy.
    electron_config: d-electron count
    geometry: 'octahedral' or 'tetrahedral'
    """
    if geometry == 'octahedral':
        # For 6-coordinate: t2g ↑↓↑↓↑↓ > eg ↑↑
        return {'d0': 0, 'd1': -4, 'd2': -8, 'd3': -12,
                'd4': -6, 'd5': 0, 'd6': -4, 'd7': -8,
                'd8': -12, 'd9': -6, 'd10': 0}
    elif geometry == 'tetrahedral':
        # For 4-coordinate: e ↑↓ > t2 ↑↑
        return {'d0': 0, 'd1': -6, 'd2': -12, 'd3': -8,
                'd4': -4, 'd5': 0, 'd6': -6, 'd7': -12,
                'd8': -8, 'd9': -4, 'd10': 0}

Molecular Orbital Theory

Bonding and antibonding orbitals
d-orbital splitting in complexes
Spectrochemical series
Magnetic properties

Important Compound Classes

Oxides, halides, sulfides
Coordination complexes
Organometallics
Cluster compounds
Solid-state materials