LECTURE SCHEDULE
Note: schedule of lectures is approximate

Unit 1

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Unit 1- Chemical Kinetics

#1) January 17	1a) Rates and Rate Laws
#2) January 19	1b) Determination of Rate Laws 1c) Integrated Rate Laws
#3) January 22	1c) Integrated Rate Laws 1d) Reactions Near Equilibrium 1e) Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant
#4) January 24	1e) Temperature Dependence of Rate Constant 1f) Reaction Mechanisms
#5) January 26	1f) Reaction Mechanisms 1g) Chain Reactions
#6) January 29	1g) Chain Reactions 1h) Photochemical Reactions
#7) January 31	1h) Photochemical Reactions 1i) Polymerization Reactions
#8) February 2	1i) Polymerization Reaction 1j) Catalysis
#9) February 5	1j) Catalysis 1k) Collision Theory
#10) February 7	1k) Collision Theory 1l) Reactions in Solution 1m) Activated Complex Theory
#11) February 9	1m) Activated Complex Theory 1n) Reaction Dynamics Problem Set #1 Due 5:00 p.m.

Unit 2 - Basics of Quantum Mechanics

#12) February 12	2a) Basics of Quantum Mechanics 2b) Waves
February 13	Exam #1 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ 40 SH
February 14	No lecture
#13) February 16	2b) Waves 2c) Schrodinger Equation
#14) February 19	2c) Schrodinger Equation 2d) Traveling Waves
#15) February 21	2d) Traveling Waves 2e) Particle in a Box
#16) February 23	2e) Particle in a Box
#17) February 26	2f) Simple Harmonic Oscillator
#18) February 28	2f) Simple Harmonic Oscillator 2g) Rotation and Rotors
#19) March 2	2g) Rotation and Rotors Problem Set #2 Due 5:00 p.m.

Unit 3 - Atomic and Molecular Structure and Molecular Symmetry

#20) March 5	3a) Hydrogen Atom 3b) Radial Schrodinger Equation
March 6	Exam #2 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ 40 SH
March 7	No lecture
#21) March 9	3b) Radial Schrodinger Equation 3c) Energies and Orbitals
March 12-16	Spring break
#22) March 19	3c) Energy and Orbitals
#23) March 21	3d) Atomic Spectroscopy 3e) Magnetic Interactions
#24) March 23	3f) Multielectron Atoms 3g) Pauli Principle
#25) March 26	3g) Pauli Principle 3h) Auf Bau Principle and the Periodic Table
#26) March 28	3i) Terms 3j) Molecular Symmetry
#27) March 30	3j) Molecular Symmetry
#28) April 2	3k) Chemical Bonds
#29) April 4	3k) Chemical Bonds 3l) Molecular Terms 3m) Valence Bond Theory
#30) April 6	3n) Heteronuclear Diatomics 3o) Polyatomic Molecules 3p) Huckel Theory Problem Set #3 Due 5:00 p.m.

Unit 4 - Spectroscopy

#31) April 9	4a) Introduction to Spectroscopy
April 10	Exam #3 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ 40 SH
April 11	No lecture
#32) April 13	4a) Introduction to Spectroscopy 4b) Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomics
#33) April 16	4b) Rotational Spectroscopy of Diatomics 4c) Rotational Spectroscpy of Polyatomics
#34) April 18	4d) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomics 4e) Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy
#35) April 20	4e) Vibrational-Rotational Spectroscopy 4f) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomics
#36) April 23	4g) Raman Spectroscopy 4h) Electronic Spectroscopy
#37) April 25	4h) Electronic Spectroscopy 4i) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
#38) April 27	4i) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Problem Set #4 Due 5:00 p.m.
#39) April 30	4i) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 4j) Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
May 1	Exam #4 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. @ 40 SH
May 2	No lecture
#40) May 4	Review session
May 11	Final Exam 9:45 - 11:45 a.m. @ C31 PC

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