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)