First Semester FIRST UNIT: ATOMIC STRUCTURE FIRST WEEK First Lecture: Mathematical review, units significant figures SI units length: Mass, time, temperature, derived units: Volume, density Uncertainty in measurement Units and dimensional analysis (Factor label method) Second Lecture: Discovery of the atom Old atomic theory Dalton’s atomic theory Some comments on historical basis Atomic symbols The role of models in science Structure of the atom Electron properties Rutherford model Nuclear structure Protons, neutrons Isotopes SECOND WEEK Third Lecture: Quantum theory of the atom Wave nature of light Relationship between wavelength and frequency Planck’s quantization of energy Black body problem Photoelectric effect Bohr theory of the hydrogen atom Atomic line spectra Bohr’s postulates Transitions between energy levels Quantum mechanics de Broglie relation Uncertainty principle Wave function Fourth Lecture: Wave functions Quantum numbers and atomic orbitals Atomic orbital shapes Pauli exclusion principle THIRD WEEK Fifth Lecture: Electron configurations Electron configurations Sixth Lecture: Periodic Table Historical development of the periodic table Electron configuration and the Periodic Table Effective nuclear charge Size of Atoms and Ions Ionization energy Electron affinity FOURTH WEEK Seventh Lecture: Periodic properties Metals, Non Metals and Metalloids Group trends for groups 1 and 2 Group trends for non metals Review FIRST TEST SECOND UNIT: Molecular Bonding FIFTH WEEK Eighth Lecture: Chemical bonding Chemical bonds, Lewis symbols and the octet rule Ionic bonding Covalent bonding Bond polarity and negativity Ninth Lecture: Lewis structures Drawing Lewis structure Resonance structures SIXTH WEEK Tenth Lecture: More bonding structures Exceptions to the Octet Rule Strengths of Covalent Bonds Eleventh Lecture: Molecular Geometry Molecular Shapes The VSEPR model Molecular shape and molecular polarity SEVENTH WEEK Twelfth Lecture: Covalent bonding Covalent bonding and orbital overlap Hybrid orbitals Multiple Bonds Thirteenth Lecture: Molecular Orbitals Molecular orbitals Review SECOND TEST THIRD UNIT: Descriptive Chemistry EIGHTH WEEK Fourteenth Lecture: States of matter States of matter Physical state and chemical composition Solids, liquids and gases Elements, compounds and mixtures Properties of Matter Fifteenth Lecture : Nomenclature Chemical formulae Molecular formula Ions, cation, anion Ionic compounds, empirical formulas Binary ionic compound nomenclature - prefixes Stock system Traditional system Polyatomic ions, ite, ate, hypo, per Acids, Hydrates Simple Organic Compounds Nomenclature assignment for Spring Break TENTH WEEK Sixteenth Lecture: Calculations with Chemical Formulas and Equations Chemical equations Patterns of reactivity Formula weights Why do we need the concept of formula weight? Mole concept (bridge between atomic and human scales) Mole calculation moles to grams, grams to moles Empirical formulas ELEVENTH WEEK Seventeenth and Eighteenth Lecture: Stolichiometry Combining chemical equations and the mole concept Limiting reactants Theoretical yield TWELFTH WEEK Nineteenth Lecture: Aqueous reactions and solution stoichiometry Aqueous solutions and the properties of water Electrolytes, solubility rules Precipitation reactions Acid-Base reactions Oxidation-Reduction Reactions Twentieth Lecture: Solutions Concentration of solutions Writing reactions in molecular/ionic forms Complete ionic reactions Net ionic reactions Review THIRD TEST FOURTH UNIT: Thermochemistry THIRTEENTH WEEK Twenty-first Lecture: Thermochemistry The nature of energy Kinetic and potential energy Internal energy Heat (Thermal energy) First Law of Thermodynamics Enthalpy Calorimetry FOURTEENTH WEEK Twenty-second Lecture: Enthalpy of reaction Enthalpy of reaction Hess’s Law Enthaply of Formation Twenty-third Lecture: Gases Characteristics of gases Pressure and units of pressure Gas Laws Ideal gas equation FIFTEENTH WEEK Twenty-fourth Lecture: Gases Stoichiometry and the ideal gas law Gas Mixtures and partial pressures Real gases Twenty-fifth Lecture: Statistical mechanics Kinetic theory of gases Molecular effusion and diffusion Review FINAL SECOND SEMESTER First lecture: Chapter 11 States of Matter Properties of liquids, surface tension and viscosity Intermolecular forces Phase transitions Phase diagrams and cooling curve SECOND WEEK Second lecture: Chapter 11 Liquids Third lecture: Chapter 11 Solids Classifications of solids by intermolecular forces Crystal lattices and Unit Cells Crystal Structure THIRD WEEK Fourth lecture: Chapter 12 Solutions Types of solutions Effects of temperature and pressure on solubility Concentration units Fifth Lecture: Chapter 12 Colligative properties Vapor pressure of a solution Boiling point elevation/Freezing point depression FIRST TEST FOURTH WEEK Sixth Lecture: Chapter 14 Chemical Kinetics Definition of reaction rate Experimental determination of the rate of reaction Dependence of rate on concentration Seventh Lecture: Chapter 14 Change of concentration with time Change of concentration with time Temperature and rate, collision and transition state theories Arrhenius equation FIFTH WEEK Eighth Lecture: Chapter 14 Reaction Mechanisms Elementary reactions Rate laws and mechanisms Ninth Lecture: Chapter 15 Chemical equilibrium The nature of the chemical equilibrium The equilibrium constant Heterogeneous equilibria Qualitative interpretation of the equilibrium constant SIXTH WEEK Tenth Lecture: Chapter 15 Using the equilibrium constant Predicting the direction of reaction Calculating equilibrium constant Eleventh Lecture: Chapter 15 LeChatelier’s principle Removing or adding reactants What happens when pressure or temperature change Effect of a catalyst. SECOND TEST SEVENTH WEEK Twelfth Lecture: Chapter 16 Concepts of acids and bases Arrhenius concept of acids and bases Bronsted Lowry concept of acids and bases Lewis concept of acids and bases Relative strengths of acids and bases Molecular basis of acid/base strength Thirteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 pH Self ionization of water Solutions of strong acids and bases The pH of a solution EIGHTH WEEK Fourteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 Solutions of weak acids Acid ionization equilibria Polyprotic acids Fifteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 Solutions of weak bases Base ionization equilibria Acid base properties of a salt solution NINTH WEEK Sixteenth Lecture: Chapter 17 Common ion effect and buffers Common ion effect Acid-base titration. Seventeenth Lecture: Chapter 18 The solubility product Solubility and the common ion effect Precipitation calculations TEST 3 TENTH WEEK Eighteenth Lecture: Chapter 19 The laws of thermodynamics The first law and enthalpy Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics Standard entropies and the third law of thermodynamics Nineteenth Lecture: Chapter 19 Free energy Free energy and spontaneity Interpretations of free energy ELEVETH WEEK Twentieth Lecture: Chapter 19 Free energy and equilibrium Relating D G o to the equilibrium constant Change of free energy with temperature Twenty first Lecture: Chapter 20 Oxidation-reduction reactions Balancing oxidation reduction reactions in acidic and basic solutions TWELFTH WEEK Twenty second Lecture: Chapter 20 Voltaic cells Construction of Voltaic Cells Notation for voltaic cells Electromotive force Twenty third Lecture: Chapter 20 Voltaic cells Standard emfs and electrode potentials Equilibrium concentrations from emfs. Dependence of emf on concentration TEST 4 THIRTEENTH WEEK Twenty fourth Lecture: Chapter 22 Main Group Elements General observations Group IA the alkali metals Group IIA the alkaline earth metals Twenty fifth Lecture: Chapter 22 Chemistry of the nonmetals Group IVA the carbon family Group VIIA the halogens FOURTEENTH WEEK Twenty sixth Lecture: Chapter 23 The transition elements Periodic trends The chemistry of copper and chromium Twenty seventh Lecture: Chapter 23 Coordination compounds Structure of complexes Naming coordination compounds Structure and isomers of coordination compounds FIFTEENTH WEEK Twenty eighth Lecture: Chapter 24 Organic chemistry The bonding of carbon Alkanes and cycloalkaned Alkenes and Alkynes Twenty ninth Lecture: Chapter 24 Organic chemistry Aromatic hydrocarbons FIFTH TEST