LECTURE SCHEDULE
Note: schedule of lectures is approximate
Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 Unit 4

Unit 1- Chemical Kinetics

#1) August 24 1a) Rates and Rate Laws
#2) August 26 1b) Determination of Rate Laws
1c) Integrated Rate Laws
#3) August 28 1c) Integrated Rate Laws
1d) Reactions Near Equilibrium
1e) Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant
#4) August 31 1e) Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant
1f) Reaction Mechanisms
#5) September 2 1f) Reaction Mechanisms
1g) Chain Reactions
#6) September 4 1g) Chain Reactions
1h) Photochemical Reactions
September 7 No lecture (University Holiday)
#7) September 9 1h) Photochemical Reactions
1i) Polymerization Reactions
#8) September 11 1i) Polymerization Reaction
1j) Catalysis
#9) September 14 1j) Catalysis
1k) Collision Theory
#10) September 16 1k) Collision Theory
1l) Reactions in Solution
1m) Activated Complex Theory
#11) September 18 1m) Activated Complex Theory
1n) Reaction Dynamics

Unit 2 - Basics of Quantum Mechanics

#12) September 21 2a) Basics of Quantum Mechanics
2b) Waves
Problem Set #1 Due 4:00 p.m.
#13) September 23 2b) Waves
2c) Schrodinger Equation
#14) September 25 2c) Schrodinger Equation
2d) Traveling Waves
#15) September 28 2d) Traveling Waves
2e) Particle in a Box
September 29 Exam #1 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ W128 CB
September 30 No lecture
#16) October 2 2e) Particle in a Box
#17) October 5 2f) Simple Harmonic Oscillator
#18) October 7 2f) Simple Harmonic Oscillator
2g) Rotation and Rotors
#19) October 9 2g) Rotation and Rotors

Unit 3 - Atomic and Molecular Structure and Molecular Symmetry

#20) October 12 3a) Hydrogen Atom
3b) Radial Schrodinger Equation
Problem Set #2 Due 4:00 p.m.
#21) October 14 3b) Radial Schrodinger Equation
3c) Energies and Orbitals
#22) October 16 3c) Energy and Orbitals
#23) October 19 3d) Atomic Spectroscopy
3e) Magnetic Interactions
#24) October 21 3f) Multielectron Atoms
3g) Pauli Principle
#25) October 23 3g) Pauli Principle
3h) Auf Bau Principle and the Periodic Table
#26) October 26 3i) Terms
3j) Molecular Symmetry
October 27 Exam #2 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ W128 CB
October 28 No lecture
#27) October 30 3j) Molecular Symmetry
#28) November 2 3k) Chemical Bonds
#29) November 4 3k) Chemical Bonds
3l) Molecular Terms
3m) Valence Bond Theory
#30) November 6 3n) Heteronuclear Diatomics
3o) Polyatomic Molecules
3p) Huckel Theory

Unit 4 - Spectroscopy

#31) November 9 4a) Introduction to Spectroscopy
Problem Set #3 Due 4:00 p.m.
#32) November 11 4a) Introduction to Spectroscopy
4b) Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
#33) November 13 4b) Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
4c) Rotational Spectroscpy of Polyatomics
#34) November 16 4c) Rotational Spectroscpy of Polyatomics
4d) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
#35) November 18 4d) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
4e) Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy
#36) November 20 4e) Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy
4f) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomics
November 23-27 No lecture (Thanksgiving Recess)
#37) November 30 4f) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomics
4g) Raman Spectroscopy
December 1 Exam #3 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ W128 CB
December 2 No lecture
#38) December 4 4h) Electronic Spectroscopy
#39) December 7 4i) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
#40) December 9 4i) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
#41) December 11 4j) Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
Problem Set #4 Due 4:00 p.m.
December 14 Final Exam 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. @ W228 CB
Instructor: Prof. Mark A. Young (E-mail)
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