Quantum Chemistry
Spring Term 2002
Teaching Assistant: Elvera Baron barone@umich.edu
This course is designed to introduce students
to a thorough, research-oriented view of Physical Chemistry. Required
for Honors Chemistry concentrators. Graduate students take course
as Chemistry 570.
This is the second of the three-term physical
chemistry sequence Chemistry 260/461/463. Chemistry 461 builds
on the introduction to quantum mechanics that was begun in Chemistry
260. Students will solve the Schrödinger equation in 1-,
2-, and 3-dimensions for several problems of interest in chemistry,
including the particle-in-a-box, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotor,
and hydrogen atom. Further topics include atomic structure, valence-bond
and molecular orbital theories of chemical bonding and group theory.
The concepts of quantum theory are applied to molecular spectroscopy
and nuclear magnetic resonance.
Prerequisites & Distribution: Chem. 260,
Phys. 240 (or 260), and Math. 215. (3). (Excl). (BS). Credits:
(3).
Textbook: This Website. Supplementary reference:
Atkins, Physical Chemistry, 6th or 7th Edition (Freeman,
1998, 2002), Chapters 11-18.
Meetings: M, W, F 9-11 am, Rm 1636.
Examinations (open notes format):
Exam 1: Wednesday, May 15 (30% of grade).
Exam 2: Monday, June 3 (30% of grade).
Final Exam: Monday, June 17 (40% of grade)
Tentative Schedule:
|
DATES |
READING |
TOPICS |
| May 1 |
Chaps 1, 2 |
Quantum Theory;
Waves & Particles |
| May 3-6 |
Chap 3 |
Q M of Some Simple
Systems |
| May 8 |
Chap 4 |
Principles of Quantum
Mechanics |
| May 10 |
Chap 5 |
Harmonic Oscillator |
| May 13 |
Chap 6 |
Angular Momentum |
| May
15 |
EXAM
1 |
Covering
Chaps 1-6 |
| May 17-20 |
Chap 7 |
Hydrogen
Atom |
| May 22-24 |
Chap 8 |
Helium Atom |
| May 29 |
Chap 9 |
Atomic Structure;
Periodic Law |
| May 31 |
Chap 10 |
The Chemical Bond |
| June
3 |
EXAM
2 |
Covering
Chaps 6-10 |
| June 5 |
Chap 11 |
Molecular Orbital
Theory |
| June 7-10 |
Chap 13 |
Molecular Spectroscopy |
| June 12-14 |
Chap 14 |
Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance |
| June
17 |
FINAL EXAM |
Covering
everything |
Front
Cover Physical Constants
Chap
1. Atoms and Photons: Origin of the
Quantum Theory
Supplement 1A. Maxwell's Equations
Supplement 1B. Planck Radiation Law
Chap
2. Waves and Particles
Double
Slit Diffraction Experiment
Review of Complex
Numbers
Exercises 2
Chap 3. Quantum Mechanics
of Some Simple Systems
Exercises 3
Chap 4. Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Exercises 4
Chap 5. Harmonic Oscillator
Supplement 5. Gaussian Integrals
Exercises 5
Chap 6. Angular Momentum
Supplement 6. Curvilinear Coordinates
2001
Exam 1 & Answers
2002 Exam 1 & Answers
Chap 7. Hydrogen Atom
Exercises 7
Chap 8. Helium Atom
Exercises 8
Chap 9. Atomic Structure & the Periodic Law
Dynamic
Periodic Table
Exercises 9
Chap 10.
The Chemical Bond
Exercises 10
2002 Exam 2 & Answers
Chap 11.
Molecular Orbital Theory
Diatomic Table
Exercises 11
Chap 12.
Molecular Symmetry (omitted this term)
Chap 13.
Molecular Spectroscopy
Exercises 13
Chap 14. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Exercises 14
Back Cover Periodic Table
2001 Final
Exam & Answers
2002
Final Exam & Answers
Some possibly useful websites on quantum theory,
etc:
A Brief Review of Elementary Quantum Chemistry
Primer on Quantum Theory of the Atom
Quantum
Theory
Other websites of interest:
Atkins
Webpage
Science
Learning Center
UM
Chemistry Department
The University
of Michigan
American Chemical
Society
Visits to this website since
May 1, 2001 