Lecture notes (with blanks) are provided for each lecture. Students are expected to follow along during the lecture in order to fill in the blanks in the notes.
Readings are from the required textbook:
Atkins, Peter, and Loretta Jones. Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight. 4th ed. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2007. ISBN: 9781429209656.
The reading assignment listed for the first session is a review of information you are expected to know before you begin the class. This information is not discussed during lecture.
In addition, no lecture notes were provided for the first session. The handout associated with that lecture is an overview of the class format and expectations.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS | LECTURE NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | The importance of chemical principles | Section A.1 Sections B.3-B.4 Sections C-H Sections L-M |
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| L2 | Discovery of electron and nucleus, need for quantum mechanics | Sections A.2-A.3 Sections B.1-B.2 Section 1.1 |
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| L3 | Wave-particle duality of light | Sections 1.2 and 1.4 | (PDF) |
| L4 | Wave-particle duality of matter, Schrödinger equation | Sections 1.5-1.6 | (PDF) |
| L5 | Hydrogen atom energy levels | Sections 1.3, 1.7 up to equation 9b, and 1.8 | (PDF) |
| L6 | Hydrogen atom wavefunctions (orbitals) | Section 1.9 | (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
| L7 | p-orbitals | Sections 1.10-1.11 | (PDF) |
| L8 | Multelectron atoms and electron configurations | Sections 1.12-1.13 | (PDF) |
| L9 | Periodic trends | Sections 1.14-1.18, and 1.20 | (PDF - 1.6 MB) |
| L10 | Periodic trends continued; Covalent bonds | Sections 2.5-2.6, and 2.14-2.16 | (PDF - 1.6 MB) |
| L11 | Lewis structures | Sections 2.7-2.8 | (PDF) |
| L12 | Exceptions to Lewis structure rules; Ionic bonds | Sections 2.3 and 2.9-2.12 | (PDF - 1.1 MB) |
| L13 | Polar covalent bonds; VSEPR theory | Sections 3.1-3.2 | (PDF - 5.1 MB) |
| L14 | Molecular orbital theory | Sections 3.8-3.11 | (PDF) |
| L15 | Valence bond theory and hybridization | Sections 3.4-3.7 | (PDF - 1.0 MB) |
| L16 | Determining hybridization in complex molecules; Termochemistry and bond energies/bond enthalpies | Sections 6.13, 6.15-6.18, and 6.20 | (PDF) |
| L17 | Entropy and disorder | Sections 7.1-7.2, 7.8, 7.12-7.13, and 7.15 | (PDF) |
| L18 | Free energy and control of spontaneity | Section 7.16 | (PDF) |
| L19 | Chemical equilibrium | Sections 9.0-9.9 | (PDF) |
| L20 | Le Chatelier's principle and applications to blood-oxygen levels | Sections 9.10-9.13 | (PDF) |
| L21 | Acid-base equilibrium: Is MIT water safe to drink? | Chapter 10 | (PDF) |
| L22 | Chemical and biological buffers | Chapters 10 and 11 | (PDF) |
| L23 | Acid-base titrations | Chapter 11 | (PDF) |
| L24 | Balancing oxidation/reduction equations | Section K Chapter 12 |
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| L25 | Electrochemical cells | Chapter 12 | (PDF) |
| L26 | Chemical and biological oxidation/reduction reactions | Chapter 12 | (PDF) |
| L27 | Transition metals and the treatment of lead poisoning | pp. 669-681 | (PDF) |
| L28 | Crystal field theory | pp. 681-683 | (PDF - 1.4 MB) |
| L29 | Metals in biology | pp. 631-637 | (PDF - 1.2 MB) |
| L30 | Magnetism and spectrochemical theory | Chapter 16 | (PDF) |
| L31 | Rate laws | Sections 13.1-13.5 | (PDF) |
| L32 | Nuclear chemistry and elementary reactions | pp. 498-501 and 660-664 | (PDF) |
| L33 | Reaction mechanism | pp. 549-552 | (PDF) |
| L34 | Temperature and kinetics | Sections 13.11-13.13 | (PDF) |
| L35 | Enzyme catalysis | Sections 13.14-13.15 | (PDF) |
| L36 | Biochemistry | (PDF) |