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CHEM 162 Draft Schedule
Week 1 (Sept. 28-Sept. 30)
Intro
Course policies, review of Lewis dot structures
Chapter 13
Octets rule, expanded octets, VSEPR and molecular shapes
Week 2 (Oct. 3 – Oct. 7)
Chapter 14
Dipoles, orbital hybridization, bonding
Chapter 14
Molecular orbital theory, Bond order, simple homonuclear MOs
Chapter 14
MO diagrams, magnetism, s-p mixing, heteronuclear MOs
Week 3 (Oct. 10 – Oct. 14)
Chapter 15
Reaction rates, rate laws, integrated rate laws, half-lives
Chapter 15
Using rate laws to understand mechanisms, steady state approx., temp. depend.
NO CLASS ON OCTOBER 14
Week 4 (Oct. 17 - Oct. 21)
Chapter 15
Catalysis, activation energy, reaction pathways
Rate law examples, clarifications, etc., exam review
MIDTERM #1
Week 5 (Oct. 24 – Oct. 28)
Chapter 16
Intro to solids: Bonding, structures, unit cells
Chapter 16
Solids: Metals, carbon & silicon, ionic, conductors / semi-conductors
Chapter 16
Intermolecular forces, liquids, vapor pressure, phase diagrams
Week 6 (Oct. 31 – Nov. 4)
Chapter 16
Changes of state, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, water as a unique compound
Chapter 17
Calculating molarity, molality, mole fraction, % by mass, % by volume
Chapter 17
Solutions: composition, thermodynamics, solubility
Week 7 (Nov. 7 – Nov. 11)
Chapter 17
Colligative properties of electrolyte solutions
Chapter 18
Elemental abundances, the periodic table, Groups, 1, 2, 3, 4
HOLIDAY
Week 8 (Nov. 14 – Nov. 18)
Chapter 18
Groups 5, 6, 7, 8
Chapter 18
Wrap-up Chapter 18, exam review
MIDTERM #2
Week 9 (Nov. 21 – Nov. 25)
Chapter 19
The transition elements: importance, MO theory revisited
NO CLASS ON NOV. 23
HOLIDAY
Week 10 (Nov. 28 – Dec. 2)
Chapter 19
Coordination compounds: shape, ligands, properties
Chapter 19
Crystal field theory
Chapter 20
Nuclear chemistry
Week 11 (Dec. 5 – Dec. 9)
Chapter 21
Organic: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and their substituents
Chapter 21
Functional groups and their properties, IR spectroscopy
Chapter 21
Petroleum, polymers and course wrap-up
Final Exam: Monday, December 12 (8:30 – 10:20am)
Reading List
Week / Lecture
Chapter and Section
Week 1
Review of Lewis dot structures, octets rule, expanded octets, VSEPR and
molecular shapes
13.10, 13.11, 13.12, 13.13
Dipoles, orbital hybridization, bonding, molecular orbital theory, bond
order, simple homonuclear MOs, MO diagrams, magnetism, s-p mixing,
heteronuclear MOs
14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5
Reaction rates, rate laws, integrated rate laws, half-lives, using rate laws to
understand mechanisms, steady state approx., temperature dependence
15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5,
15.6, 15.7, 15.8
Catalysis, activation energy, reaction pathways
15.9
Solids: Bonding, structures, unit cells, metals, carbon & silicon, ionic,
conductors / semi-conductors
Intermolecular forces, liquids, vapor pressure, phase diagrams
16.3, 16.4, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7,
16.8, 16.9
16.1, 16.2, 16.10, 16.11
Changes of state, Clausius-Clapeyron equation, water as a unique
compound, calculating molarity, molality, mole fraction, % by mass, % by
volume, Solutions: composition, thermodynamics, solubility
16.10, 16.11, 17.1, 17.2,
17.3
Vapor pressure of solutions, boiling point elevation, freezing-point
depression
Osmotic pressure, colligative properties of electrolyte solutions
Elemental abundances, the periodic table, Groups, 1, 2, 3, 4
17.4, 17.5, 17.6, 17.7
Groups 5, 6, 7, 8
18.7, 18.8, 18.9, 18.10,
18.11, 18.12, 18.13, 18.14
The transition elements: importance, MO theory revisited
19.1, 19.2
Coordination compounds: shape, ligands, properties, crystal field theory
Nuclear chemistry
19.3, 19.4, 19.6, 19.7, 19.8
20.1, 20.2, 20.4
Organic: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and their substituents, functional groups
and their properties, IR spectroscopy, petroleum and polymers
21.1, 21.2, 21.3, 21.4, 21.5
14.9
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4, 18.5,
18.6
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11