Chemistry 483             Quantum Chemistry                Fall 2009

 

Lecturer           James F. Harrison

                        Room 37 Chemistry

                        517-355-9715 ext 295

                        harrison@chemistry.msu.edu

 

Course Structure         course_structure.pdf  

 

Syllabus                       topics.pdf

 

Lecture 1

            Blackbody radiation 1

Blackbody radiation 2

            Blackbody radiation 3           

            Photoelectric 1

Photoelectric effect charateristics

            Photoelectric 2

            Photoelectric 3

            Work functions

Hydrogen atom line spectrum 1

            Hydrogen atom line spectrum 2

            Hydrogen atom line spectrum 3

 

Lecture 2

Wavenumbers

            Balmer and Rydberg

            Bohr theory of the Hydrogen atom

DeBroglie wavelength

DeBroglie wavelength of various particles

 

Homework Assignment 1

            Chapter 1, problems 1,2,9,11,14,17,18,21,22,25,31,33

            Math Chapter A; Complex Numbers: problems 1,2,3,4,6

 

Chapter 3

            Schrodinger Equation

            Particle on a line

            Schrodinger solution properties

            Expectation values

            Particle on a circle

            Time dependent Schrodinger equation

            Particle in 2D box

Particle in 3D box

 

            We also discussed

linear operators, eigenvalues, commutators

                        Consequence of separability of Hamiltonians

 

Homework Assignment 2

            Chapter 3 examples 1,2,3,4,6

            Problems  1,3,4,6,7,17,18,24,26,27,33

 

Homework Assignment 3

            Chapter 4 examples 1,2,3,7

            problems 1,5,9,10,14

            Math Chapter D

 

            Constants

            Equations

            Integrals

            Practice exam 1

            Practice_exam_1_key

Topics for exam 1

            Chapter1-all

            Chapter 3- sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

            Chapter 4- all

            Chapter 5-basic idea of harmonic oscillator

            Particle in a two dimensional box

            Particle on a circle

            Math chapter A- Complex numbers

           

            Exam_1_key

 

Homework Assignment 4

            Chapter 5, Examples 2,3,4 & 7

            Problems 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 29, 34, 35,37

 

Homework Assignment 5

            Chapter 6, Examples 1, 4, 9, 10

            Problems 1, 9, 10, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 33, 35

 

Lecture_notes Chapter6

 

Homework Assignment 6

            Chapter 7, All examples

            Problems 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27

            Math Chapter D Spherical Coordinates

            Math Chapter E Determinants

 

Practice exam 2

Practice exam 2 key

Exam 2 topics

All of Chapters 5, 6 and 7

Math Chapters D and E

 

Equation sheet for exam 2

 

Exam_2_key

 

Homework Assignment 7

            Chapter 8

            Problems 2, 5, 7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 47

            Exercises 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 10

 

Homework Assignment 8

            Chapter 9

            Problems 4, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39

 

Homework Assignment 9

            Chapter 10

            Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 38

 

            Chapter 8 notes

            Chapter 9 notes

 

            Possible define/characterize for exam 3

 

Practice exam 3

            Exam 3_KEY

 

            Lecture notes on hybridization

            Lecture notes on Huckel Theory

 

Homework assignment 10

            Chapter 12

            Problems 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 30, 31, 37

            Examples 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14

 

Homework assignment 11

            Chapter 13

            Problems1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 14, 20, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48

            Examples 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

 

Practice exam 4

Define and/or characterize for exam 4

 

Key for exam 4

 

Final exam 2008

Define and/or characterize for final