Lecture material includes discussion of errors and statistical treatment of data, a review of equilibria, and an introduction to spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and analytical separations. Included in the laboratory portion of the course are concepts of experimental design using library resources, and methods and proper techniques for obtaining and evaluating quantitative data. Methods employed include spectroscopy, potentiometry, chromatography, and titrimetry. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory period per week. One and one-fourth course credits.
Consideration is given to chemical reactions in the aquatic, atmospheric, and geologic realms.
Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory period per week. One and one-fourth course credits. The course material focuses on the interrelation of spectroscopy, synthesis and mechanism in modern organic chemistry. Advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques are used to examine the structure of organic molecules. Other methods, including infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, are discussed as diagnostic tools in synthetic and mechanistic studies.