CHEM 495
Advanced Molecular Characterization
Fall 2022
Topics
- Molecular symmetry
- Group theory and character tables
- Electronic spectroscopy
- Vibrational spectroscopy
- Rotational spectroscopy
Readings
- J. M. Hollas, Modern Spectroscopy, 4th ed. Wiley, 2004.
- D. C. Harris and M. D. Bertolucci, Symmetry and Spectroscopy. Dover, 1989 (reprint of Oxford University Press, 1978).
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Fall 2022
- Historical Fall 2022 syllabus. Both books strongly recommended; explicitly no single required textbook. The syllabus restricts this offering to symmetry and electronic/vibrational/rotational spectroscopy, so additional calendar-listed techniques are not included as taught topics.