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Chemistry 111: Principles of Chemistry I

Course Level: 
First Year
Academic Year: 
2012/2013

Textbook: General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications (9th Edition), Petrucci, Harwood, Herring and Madura

The lecture notes will define the course (and the exams). Students are encouraged to use these and other texts to supplement and expand on the notes.

2 Weeks

Introduction: Elements, compounds, atoms, periodicity, nomenclature, units & conversion factors, atomic & molecular weights, moles, molecular formulas

Chapter 1: Intro & Background (all) 
Chapter 2: All 
Problems 13,14,17,18,21 
Chapter 3: All 
Problems 67,69,73,74,then 29,36,43,49,53,

3 Weeks

Chemical reactions & balanced equations: balanced equations and calculations, molarity, gas laws, yields, redox reactions

Chapter 4: All Problems: 33,37,43,45,53,61,63,65,69,71 
Chapter 5: All 
Problems 8,10,18,19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 50, 51, 57, 71, 73, 75Chapter 6: Sections 1-6 (no kinetics) 
Problems 39, 41, 43, 45, 49, 57, 61, 65, 67

3 Weeks

Atomic structure & Chemical Periodicity: Atomic spectra, Bohr atom, wave-particle duality, atomic orbitals, electronic structure of many-electron atoms

Chapter 9: Sections 1-5 
Problems: 25,26,31,34, 45, 49, 69, 83, 85, 87 
Chapter 10: Sections – omit 10-5 
Problems: 33,41,43,46

4 Weeks

Molecular Structure: Electron-dot structures; valence-shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR), valence-bond, orbital overlap, hybridization, dipole moments,

Chapter 11: Sections 1-7 
Problems: 6,7,10,12,14,15, 24, 50, 60, 71 
Chapter 12: Sections 1-6 
Problems: 23, 29(central atoms are C, N, O&N, C), 30, 32