CEM 181h: Fall/2oo8

Honors Chemistry I

Lecture Schedule and Syllabus

1

08/26/08

08/28/08

Intro. & General Chemistry Expectations (Recitation Sections on Monday)

Basics: Nucleons, Nuclei, Atoms, Potential & Kinetic energies. Mathematical Tools

Atoms: Radii, Ionization potentials, Electron affinity, Chemical Bonds

Ch. 1, Appen. C Ch. 3, Sect. 1-2

Example Problems #0
2

09/02/08

09/04/08

Classical Chemical Bonds: Ionic Bonds & Energetics.

Classical Chemical Bonds: Electron sharing, Lewis Dots, Formal Charge. Difficulties: Electron transfer, Resonance. Bond polarization & Electronegativity

Labor Day on Monday, HomeWork#1 due on Thursday.

Ch. 21, Sect. 4 Ch. 3, Sect. 3-8

Home Work #1
3

09/08/09

09/11/08

Classical Molecular Structure: VSEPR, Organic Molecules. HomeWork#2 due on Thursday. Ch. 3, Sect. 2, Sect. 8,9 Home Work #2
4

09/16/08

09/18/08

Difficulties: Oxygen. Back to Basics: Electromagnetic spectrum, Atomic spectra, Blackbody radiation, Quantization of energy, Bohr's (Quantized) Mechanical Model, Photoelectric Effect, HomeWork#3 due on Thursday.

Ch. 3, Sect. 8,9 Ch. 4, Sect. 1-3

Home Work #3
5

09/23/08

09/25/08

Electron diffraction, Wave-particle duality, deBroglie waves Ch. 4, Sect. 4 EXAM I Thursday
6

09/30/08

10/02/08

Quantum Mechanics: Uncertainty relation, Wavefunctions, Particles in boxes (rectangular coordinates), Degeneracy Ch. 4, Sect. 5-6  
7

10/07/08

10/09/08

Quantum Mechanics: Particles in boxes, Lines, Surfaces, Objects, Harmonic oscillator, Hydrogen atom (spherical coordinates), HomeWork#4 due on Thursday. Ch. 4, Sect. 6-7; Ch. 5, Sect. 1-2 Home Work #4
8

10/14/08

10/16/08

Hydrogen atom Angular and Radial Wavefunctions, one-electron systems, Electron Spin, Pauli Principle, Many electron atoms, Hund's Rules, Periodic properties, HomeWork#5 due on Thursday. Ch. 5, Sect. 2-5 Home Work #5
9

10/21/08

10/23/08

Molecular Orbital Theory: Diatomic molecules - hydrogen, homoatomics HomeWork#6 due on Thursday. Ch. 6, Sect. 1-2 Home Work #6
10

10/28/08

10/30/08

MOT: LCAO Theory : heteroatomics Ch. 6, Sect. 2 EXAM II Thursday
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11/04/08

11/06/08

MOT: LCAO Theory: Polyatomics, Metals; Valence Bond Theory, Valence Bonds in Organic Molecules, Peptide link

Ch. 6, Sect. 2; Ch.21, Sect. 3; Ch.7, Sect 3-4

12

11/11/08

11/13/08

Phases of matter, Interactions and order; Gases-Macroscopic: pressure, temperature, ABCD Laws, applications
HomeWork#7 due on Thursday.

Ch. 9, Sect. 1-4;

Home Work #7
13

11/18/08

11/20/08

Gases-Macroscopic: Kinetic Theory. Real Gases
HomeWork#8 due on Thursday.
Ch. 9, Sect. 5-8 Home Work #8
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11/25/08

11/27/08

Liquids-Microscopic: surface tension

Holiday on Thursday/Friday
Ch. 10, Sect. 1-3 Thanksgiving
15

12/02/08

12/04/08

Condensed phases: intermolecular forces, Liguids & Solids: order and properties HomeWork#9 due on Thursday. Ch. 10, Ch. 21 Home Work #9
16 12/08/07
Comprehensive FINAL EXAM: Monday, Dec. 8 at 7:45 AM, FINALS Week

The information on "Chapter and Section" refers to the course textbook:
``Principles of Modern Chemistry, Sixth Edition" by Oxtoby, Gillis & Campion.
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