Chemistry B-units

Students selecting B-units should note carefully that the minimum prerequisites for entry into the Chemistry C-units are 12 credit points worth of Chemistry B units. Students should note that CHEM 2101 has no formal laboratory component.

Units

• First Semester

  Theory of spectroscopy. Qualitative molecular symmetry and basic molecular orbital theory. Chromatography. Applications of infra red, ultraviolet/visible and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry to molecular structure analysis.

• Principles of Physical Chemistry CHEM2102

  Second Semester

  Thermodynamics of gas, liquid and solid systems and use of phase rule. Introductory statistical mechanics as the basis of thermodynamics. Introductory quantum chemistry. Introduction to chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics.

• Inorganic and Materials Chemistry CHEM2103

  Second Semester

  Chemical bonding; valence bond and ligand field theories; metallic bonding. Coordination chemistry. Crystal chemistry, structures of metals, alloys, semi- and super-conductors; phase equilibria, alloys.

• Principles of Organic Chemistry CHEM2104

  First Semester

  An analysis of the stereochemistry and mechanism of addition, elimination and substitution reactions with particular reference to natural products and synthesis of compounds of commercial importance. The central role of reactive intermediates (carbocations, carbanions, carbenes and radicals) in organic reactions will be emphasised. The chemistry of carbonyl compounds and aromatic compounds with emphasis on the synthetic aspects.