Textbook: Chemistry 121: Integrated Resource Package (ChIRP)
Outline
- Chemical Bonding and Lewis Structures
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Chemical bonding (covalent, polar covalent, ionic)
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Lewis structures of polyatomic species
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Resonance structures
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Chemical reactivity: acids/bases
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Shapes of Molecules and Ions
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Molecular shape and VSEPR
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Molecular polarity
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Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics
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Wave-like properties of matter
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Wave and probability concepts
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Quantum mechanics basics
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One dimensional particle-in-a-box
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Electronic Structure of Atoms and Ions
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Energies of one-electron species
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Graphical representations and shapes of orbitals (s, p, d)
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Interactions between Light and Matter
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The nature of light
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Photoelectric effect
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Absorption/emission transitions between quantum states
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Atomic spectroscopy
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Multi-electron Species and Periodic Properties
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Electronic configurations
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Magnetic properties
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Periodic properties
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Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory and Valence Bond Theory
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Molecular orbital theory – an introduction with H2
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Molecular orbitals of second row homonuclear diatomic species
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Valence bond theory
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Hybridization and conjugated systems
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Chemical Origins of Colour
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Colour vision and colour theory
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Metallic bonding
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Vibrational and rotational transitions
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Physical Properties and Chemical Reactivity
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Physical properties (phase changes, intermolecular forces)
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Types of solids
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Chemical reactivity: condensation reactions
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Introduction to Polymers
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Line-bond drawings
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Polymer synthesis and characteristics
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Chemistry and Society: Chemicals in our World
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Natural vs. synthetic chemicals
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Pharmaceutical drug development
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Chemistry and sustainability
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What do chemists do?
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