Undergraduate Course: Chemistry 3A (VS1) (CHEM09008)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Chemistry |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Part-year visiting students only |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Chemistry |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
Semester 1 lecture courses and tutorials/workshops from the Chemistry 3A course, available to visiting students only. Normally taken alongside CHE-3-BVS1. The course consists of lectures in structure, spectroscopy and analysis in the following areas: Symmetry and Structure, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Specroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, Structure and Bonding and X-Ray Crystallography. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 09:00 - 12:00 | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | 09:00 - 12:00 | | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Plus tutorials at times to be arranged |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
Stationery Requirements |
Comments |
| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Chemistry 3A (VS1) | 2:30 | 5 x 8 sides / graph | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Assign molecules to point groups and use symmetry properties to predict vibrational spectra and describe atomic and molecular orbitals.
- Understand the basis of spectroscopic selection rules and of experimental spectroscopic methods.
- Predict the structure of the ground state, electronically excited states and the ionic states of small molecules using molecular orbital theory.
- Use the Huckel Approximation to describe the electronic structure of large molecules, extend it to the band structure of solids and rationalise their electronic conductivity and spectroscopic properties.
- Identify the optimum methods for obtaining mass spectra for range of molecules, and predict the breakdown peaks of simple molecules.
- Understand the principles of NMR spectroscopy, and undertake structural and stereochemical interpretation from 1D and 2D NMR spectra.
-Understand how crystal structures are obtained, and the relationship between the diffraction pattern measured from a crystal and the crystal structure.
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Assessment Information
| One 3 hour exam. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Philip Bailey
Tel: (0131 6)50 6448
Email: Philip.Bailey@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
Email: Moira.Wilson@ed.ac.uk |
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