The Readings column refers to relevant sections in the course textbook:
McQuarrie, Donald A. Quantum Chemistry. 2nd ed. University Science Books, 2007. ISBN: 9781891389504. [Preview with Google Books]
SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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L1 | Historical Background | Chapter 1 |
L2 | Wave Nature of the Electron and the Internal Structure of an Atom | MathChapter A/Complex Numbers |
L3 | Two-Slit Experiment. Quantum Weirdness | |
L4 | Classical Wave Equation | Chapter 2 |
L5 | Quantum Mechanics: Free Particle and Particle in 1D box | Chapter 3 |
L6 | 3-D Box and Separation of Variables | |
L7 | Classical Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator | Chapter 5 |
L8 | Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator | |
L9 | The Harmonic Oscillator: Creation and Annihilation Operators |
Chapter 5 Appendix |
L10 | The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation | Chapter 4.9 |
L11 | Wavepacket Dynamics for Harmonic Oscillator and PIB | |
L12 | Looking Backward Before First Hour Exam | Chapter 4 |
E1 | First Hour Exam | |
L13 | Interaction of Light with Matter | Chapter 8.6 |
L14 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory I | Chapter 8.4–8.6 |
L15 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory II | |
L16 | Rigid Rotor I | Chapter 6 |
L17 | Rigid Rotor II | |
L18 | Perturbation Theory III | |
L19 | Catch Up | |
E2 | Second Hour Exam | |
L20 | Hydrogen Atom I | Chapter 7 |
L21 | Hydrogen Atom II | |
L22 | Helium Atom | Chapter 9.1–9.5 |
L23 | Many Electron Atoms | |
L24 | Molecular Orbitals I | Chapter 10 |
L25 | Molecular Orbitals II | |
L26 | Molecular Orbitals III | |
L27 | Matrix Mechanics | Chapters F, G, and H |
L28 | Qualitative MO Theory | Chapter 11 |
L29 | Modern Electronic Structure Theory | |
E3 | Third Hour Exam | |
L30 | Using Gaussian | Chapter 12.2–12.5 |
L31 | Intermolecular Interactions | |
L32 | Electronic Spectroscopy | |
L33 | Photochemistry | |
L34 | NMR I | |
L35 | NMR II | |
L36 | Course Review / Makeup Lecture | |
E4 | Final Exam |