Additional computer controlled instruments will be added to the rotation list as they are acquired by the department. Each Term Chemical thermodynamics, equilibrium, chemical kinetics, states of matter, electrochemistry and ionic solutions, basic quantum mechanics, atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, statistical mechanics. The laboratory will be concerned with various physical methods of measurement, experiments in physical chemistry, computer utilization, and use of the chemical literature. Three hours of lecture-discussion, one hour problem session, and four hours of laboratory per week. Advanced topics in analytical chemistry including electro-analytical chemistry, chromatography, and advanced spectroscopic methods of analysis.
Laboratory is emphasized.
Two hours of lecture and eight hours of laboratory per week. Physical organic chemistry. Transition state and reactive intermediates are examined in detail, and the influence of solvent and substituents on reactions is studied. The course also deals with aspects of natural products chemistry, integrated where possible with the physical organic perspective. Three hours of lecture and four hours of laboratory per week.