Physical Organic and Theoretical Chemistry

Three credits · Undergraduate

A survey of theoretical models and experimental tools to correlated data related to the structure, property, and reactivity of organic compounds. Topics include qualitative models (Lewis structures, resonance, hybridization, VSEPR, qualitative molecular orbital theory) and quantitative computational chemistry methods (Hartree-Fock, semi-empirical and density functional theory methods) using Gaussian09 software. Extensive use is made of theoretical studies in assignments and computational labs. Prerequisites: CHEM 221,222 or 220, 232 or 335; PHYS 102, 122 (120). Three credits and tutorial/lab.