Syllabus for Chemistry 1810 (2015)

Principles of Chemical Structure

I. Fundamental Principles and Particles            

Energy

Elementary Particles

Dual Nature of Light

Mass Spectrometry

Nuclear and Chemical Stability

II. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

The Hydrogen Atom                                          

Polyelectronic Atoms

Periodicity

III.  Molecules:                                                   

Diatomic Molecules

Polyatomic Molecules with Localized π Systems

Introduction to Stereochemistry

IV. Molecular Spectroscopy:                              

Degrees of Freedom

IR Spectrometry

Proton and carbon NMR

V. Advanced Orbital Interactions                      

Delocalized π systems

Hyperconjugation

UV/Vis Spectroscopy

Transition Metal complexes