Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Solution (Chemistry)
Experiment in which the objective is to separate, by gas chromatographic techniques, a mixture of the four isomeric butyl alcohols and to determine the percentage of each an unknown mixture.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Voltammetry; Electrochemistry; Solution (Chemistry)
Experiment with the goal of gaining an understanding of anodic stripping voltammetry and an understanding of the factors involved in performing quantitative analytical determinations, through the determinations of amounts of copper.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Absorption spectra; Solution (Chemistry); Spectroscopy, Atomic absorption
Experiment consisting of preparing a series of standard solutions containing iron and solutions of metallic alloy samples, then measuring the absorption of light by the atoms of the element when the solutions are aspirated into a flame.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Molecular orbitals; Chemical bonds
Introduction: In class we applied molecular orbital theory to a few simple examples with the goal of understanding the nature of the chemical bond. The qualitative approach is complemented by numerical calculations and the interpretation of these...
Handout explaining systematic and random errors, precision versus accuracy, significant figures, absolute and relative error, propagation of errors, measurement distribution, etc.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Problem solving; Chemical equilibrium; Thermodynamics; Solution (Chemistry); Protein folding
Three multi-step problems dealing with chemical equilibrium. The questions were designed to illustrate a range of problems encountered in molecular biology and environmental science.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Homework; Problem solving; Chemical equilibrium; Thermodynamics; Solution (Chemistry); Protein folding
Three multi-step problems dealing with chemical equilibrium. The questions were designed to illustrate a range of problems encountered in molecular biology and environmental science.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Molecular rotation; Spectroscopy, Nuclear magnetic resonance; Chemical kinetics
Experiment involving learning how kinetic information can be obtained from an NMR line shape and determining the activation parameters for internal rotation of the N,N-dimethylamino group in N,N-dimethylacetamide.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Molecular spectroscopy; Thermodynamics; Gases
Experiment previously used in the course, meant to introduce the student to molecular spectroscopy and to the molecular parameters and thermodynamic properties which can be obtained by analyzing the vibration-rotation spectrum of gaseous hydrogen...
The spring 2008 version of the course syllabus for Chemistry 164, molecular structure and modeling, listing information on the instructor, texts, graded exercises and tentative schedule.
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Handouts; Thermodynamics; Second law of thermodynamics; Chemical equilibrium
Introduction: The First Law of Thermodynamics places important restraints on the path that can be taken by a system but it does not define the path. For example, the First Law does not rule out the possibility of warming oneself by sitting on a...
Chemistry-Study and teaching; Chemical bonds; Transition metals; Molecular orbitals
Introduction. The purpose of this handout is to provide a simple model for the bonding in transition-metal complexes as a framework for understanding and interpreting the most important properties of these complexes. We shall deal mostly with the...
Introduction: Cytosine is one of the four bases used in the genetic code. It has the molecular formula C4H5N3O. The molecular structure of cytosine calculated using Spartan with a 3-21G basis set is displayed below.
