CHEM 3101
Quantum Chemistry
Classical equations of motion, harmonic oscillator, diatomic and polyatomic molecules, molecular mechanics, quantum mechanics, Schrödinger equation and wave functions, vibrational spectra, hydrogen atom, quantum numbers, electronic spectra, bonding in small molecules.
2026
Topics
- Operators and the Schrödinger Equation
- Particle in a One-Dimensional Box
- Particle in a Square and Cube
- Quantum Mechanical Model for a Rotating Molecule
- Rotational Spectroscopy
- The Quantum Harmonic Oscillator
- Vibrational Spectroscopy of Diatomic Molecules
- Rovibrational Spectroscopy and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Polyatomic Molecules
- Blackbody Radiation
- Quantum Mechanics of Rotating Molecules
- Operators of the Rigid Rotor
- Rotational-Vibrational Spectroscopy
- Hydrogen Atom
- Atomic Orbitals
- More Orbitals and Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
- The Helium Atom
- Electron Spin
Prerequisites & course information
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2103 and MATH 2008 . Lectures three hours a week, tutorial one hour per week.