CML101 : Introduction to Chemistry
CML101 : Introduction to Chemistry
R/S-Nomenclature; Projection formulas; MO approaches for the stereochemical outcome of the reactions; Determination of reaction mechanism; Kinetic versus thermodynamic control of the reaction; Trapping of reactive intermediates; Spectroscopic methods of structure determination.
Stability of organometallic compounds; Metal carbonyls: structure and bonding; Important reactions of organometallic compounds; Homogeneous catalysis; Applications of crystal field theory; An overview of metals in biology; Functions of metalloproteins.
Basics of rate laws; Complex reactions: consecutive and parallel reactions; Temperature dependence of reaction rates; Reaction mechanisms: steady-state approximation, pre-equilibria, unimolecular reactions; Catalysis; Atomic structure: Schrödinger equation, the hydrogen atom; The chemical bond: simplest molecules H2 + and H2 ;Vibration of diatomics : harmonic oscillator.