Lecture notes: CHEM 212

Week 1 :   8-Jan to 15-Jan

Introduction: structure, bonding, and inorganic chemistry

Atoms : radial wave functions, shielding

Week 2 :   15-Jan to 19-Jan

Atoms : experimental evidence for orbital energies

Weeks 2-3 :   19-Jan to 24-Jan

Atoms : periodic properties

Weeks 3-4 :   26-Jan to 29-Jan

Atoms : angular and total wave functions

Weeks 4-5 :   31-Jan to 7-Feb

Lewis and VSEPR structures

Weeks 5-6 :   7-Feb to 14-Feb

Valence bond theory

Weeks 6-7 :   14-Feb to 6-Mar

Symmetry and point groups

Week 8 : 6-Mar to 13-Mar

Group theory and character tables

Weeks 9-10 : 13-Mar to 20-Mar

Molecular orbital theory : diatomic species