LECTURE SCHEDULE
Note: schedule of lectures is approximate

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 1- Chemical Kinetics

#1) Jan. 18	1a) Rates and Rate Laws
#2) Jan. 20	1b) Determination of Rate Laws 1c) Integrated Rate Laws
#3) Jan. 23	1c) Integrated Rate Laws 1d) Reactions Near Equilibrium 1e) Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant
#4) Jan. 25	1e) Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant 1f) Reaction Mechanisms
#5) Jan. 27	1f) Reaction Mechanisms 1g) Chain Reactions
#6) Jan. 30	1g) Chain Reactions 1h) Photochemical Reactions
#7) Feb. 1	1h) Photochemical Reactions 1i) Polymerization Reactions
#8) Feb. 3	1i) Polymerization Reaction 1j) Catalysis
#9) Feb. 6	1j) Catalysis 1k) Collision Theory
#10) Feb. 8	1k) Collision Theory 1l) Reactions in Solution 1m) Transition State Theory
#11) Feb. 10	1m) Transition State Theory 1n) Reaction Dynamics End of material for exam/problem set #1

Unit 2 - Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure

#12) Feb. 13	2a) Basics of Quantum Mechanics 2b) Waves Problem Set #1 Due 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Feb. 14	Exam #1 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. @ W128 CB
Feb. 15	No lecture
#13) Feb. 17	2b) Waves 2c) Schrodinger Equation
#14) Feb. 20	2c) Schrodinger Equation 2d) Traveling Waves
#15) Feb. 22	2d) Traveling Waves 2e) Particle in a Box
#16) Feb. 24	2e) Particle in a Box
#17) Feb. 27	2f) Simple Harmonic Oscillator
#18) Feb. 29	2f) Simple Harmonic Oscillator 2g) Rotation and Rotors
#19) Mar. 2	2g) Rotation and Rotors
#20) Mar. 5	2h) Hydrogen Atom 2i) Radial Schrodinger Equation
#21) Mar. 7	2i) Radial Schrodinger Equation 2j) Energies and Orbitals
#22) Mar. 9	2k) Atomic Spectroscopy 2l) Multielectron Atoms
Mar. 12-16	Spring Break
#23) Mar. 19	2l) Multielectron Atoms 2m) Pauli Principle
#24) Mar. 21	2m) Pauli Principle 2n) Auf Bau Principle and the Periodic Table
#25) Mar. 23	2o) Terms End of material for exam/problem set #2

Unit 3 - Molecular Structure and Spectroscopy

#26) Mar. 26	3a) Molecular Symmetry Problem Set #2 Due 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Mar. 27	Exam #2 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. @ W128 CB
Mar. 28	No lecture
#27) Mar. 30	3a) Molecular Symmetry
#28) Apr. 2	3b) Chemical Bonds
#29) Apr. 4	3b) Chemical Bonds 3c) Valence Bond Theory
#30) Apr. 6	3d) Heteronuclear Diatomics 3e) Polyatomic Molecules 3f) Huckel Theory
#31) Apr. 9	3g) Introduction to Spectroscopy
#32) Apr. 11	3g) Introduction to Spectroscopy 3h) Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
#33) Apr. 13	3h) Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomics 3i) Rotational Spectroscpy of Polyatomics
#34) Apr. 16	3i) Rotational Spectroscpy of Polyatomics 3j) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
#35) Apr. 18	3j) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomics 3k) Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy
#36) Apr. 20	3k) Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy 3l) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomics End of material for exam/problem set #3
#37) Apr. 23	3l) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomics 3m) Raman Spectroscopy Problem Set #3 Due 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, Apr. 24	Exam #3 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. @ W128 CB
Apr. 25	No lecture
#38) Apr. 27	3n) Electronic Spectroscopy
#39) Apr. 30	3o) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
#40) May 2	3o) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
#41) May 4	3p) Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Problem Set #4 Due 4:00 p.m.
	Final Exam TBD @ TBD

Instructor: Prof. Mark A. Young (E-mail)