Relevant chapters and sections from the course text are indicated. Remember that the lecture notes define the detailed content of the course. Some material presented during lectures will go beyond the textbook. Problem Set 0 covers review material (Chapters 1-6 in text) and is optional.
ATOMIC STRUCTURE (10 lecture hours, Problem Sets 1 & 2)
(Sections 2.3-2.5, 9.1-9.3, 9.5-9.12, 10.1-10.6)
Quantum theory: electromagnetic radiation, the photoelectric effect, wave/particle duality of light, Planck's equation, wave/particle duality of matter, de Broglie equation, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Wave mechanics and the hydrogen atom: Schrödinger wave equation, wave functions, quantum numbers, probabilities, shapes and sizes of s, p and d orbitals.
Atomic spectra: continuous and line spectra, emission spectrum of hydrogen and hydrogen-like ions, relationship between quantum numbers and emission/absorption spectra, selection rules.
Electron configurations and the Periodic Table: electron spin, energy levels and configurations of multi-electron atoms and ions, Pauli Exclusion Principle, Hund’s Rule, periodic variation of properties with atomic structure, atomic and ionic size, ionization energies, screening, electron affinity.
MOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND BONDING (12 lecture hours, Problem Sets 3, 4)
(Chapter 11 and Sections 12.1-12.6, 13.5-13.6, 17.9)
Localized electron model: Lewis structures: including organic molecules, multiple bonds, expanded octet examples, formal charges, resonance, Lewis acids/bases, bond lengths and strengths.
Molecular geometry and VSEPR Model: basis of VSEPR, basic shapes of molecules with examples, including organic and multiply bonded species, bond and molecular polarity.
Valence Bond Theory: hybridization, s and p bonds.
Molecular Orbital Theory: linear combination of atomic orbitals, first and second row homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomics, bond lengths and strengths, magnetism, delocalization, ozone, benzene, HOMO, LUMO, electron density maps of molecules.
CHEMISTRY OF S-BLOCK ELEMENTS and IONIC STRUCTURES (8 lecture hours, Problem Set 5)
(Sections 10.7, 12.7, 13.7-13.9, Chapter 22)
Groups 1 and 2: bonding in metals, band theory, conductivity, compounds and reactivity, crown ethers.
Crystalline and ionic structures: types of solids, packed spheres, close packing, lattices, coordination numbers, unit cells, lattice vacancies/holes, coordination numbers, lattice energies, X-ray diffraction, zeolites.
CHEMISTRY OF P-BLOCK ELEMENTS and COVALENT COMPOUNDS (6 lecture hours, Problem Set 6)
(Section 12.7, 13.7, 17.9, Chapters 22 and 23)
Groups 13 to 18: group trends, bonding examples, intermolecular forces, molecular polarity, compounds and reactivity, semiconductors.