| 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 |
| 11 | 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 |
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| 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 |
| 14 | 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
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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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