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Syllabus and Lecture Notes
| Lecture | Date | Topic | Lecturer | Readings |
| 1 | Wed., Sept. 4 | Evolution of atomic theory, discovery of electron | S. Ceyer (SC) | |
| 2 | Fri., Sept. 6 | Discovery of nucleus, need for quantum mechanics | SC | |
| 3 | Mon. Sept. 9 | Wave-particle duality of light, photoelectric effect | SC | |
| 4 | Wed., Sept. 11 | Wave-particle duality of matter | SC | |
| 5 | Fri., Sept. 13 | Wave equation, H atom energy levels | SC | |
| 6 | Mon. Sept. 16 | Wave functions for H atom | SC | |
| 7 | Wed., Sept. 18 | Physical significance of wave functions | SC | |
| 8 | Fri., Sept. 20 | Wave functions and energy levels for multielectron atoms | SC | |
| Mon. Sept. 23 | STUDENT HOLIDAY | |||
| 9 | Wed., Sept. 25 | Electronic structure of multielectron atoms, photoelectron spectra | SC | |
| 10 | Fri., Sept. 27 | Trends in ionization energy, electron affinity, electronegativity | SC | |
| 11 | Mon. Sept. 30 | Covalent bonds, dipole moments | SC | |
| Wed. Oct. 2 | FIRST HOUR EXAM - PS #1-3, Lectures #1-9 | |||
| 12 | Fri. Oct. 4 | Ionic bonds | SC | |
| 13 | Mon. Oct. 7 | Kinetic theory, Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution | SC | |
| 14 | Wed. Oct. 9 | Intermolecular forces, H-bonding, liquids | SC | |
| 15 | Fri. Oct. 11 | Internal degrees of freedom | SC | |
| Mon. Oct. 14 | Columbus Day - no classes | |||
| 16 | Wed. Oct. 16 | Vibrational and rotational spectroscopy | SC | |
| 17 | Fri. Oct. 18 | Enthalpy and Gibb's free energy, second law of thermodynamics | SC | |
| 18 | Mon. Oct. 21 | Chemical equilibrium | SC | |
| Wed. Oct. 23 | SECOND HOUR EXAM - PS #4-5, Lectures #10-16 | |||
| 19 | Fri. Oct. 25 | Arrhenius, Bronsted and Lewis acids and bases | D. Nocera (DN) | |
| 20 | Mon. Oct. 28 | Acid-base calculations | DN | |
| 21 | Wed. Oct. 30 | Titrations and buffers | DN | |
| 22 | Fri. Nov. 1 | Oxidation-reduction, electrochemical cells | DN | |
| 23 | Mon. Nov. 4 | Cell and half-cell potentials, Nernst equation | DN | |
| 24 | Wed. Nov.6 | VSEPR, hybridization | DN | |
| 25 | Fri. Nov. 8 | Valence bond theory | DN | |
| Mon. Nov. 11 | VETERANS DAY - no classes | DN | ||
| 26 | Wed. Nov. 13 | Molecular orbital theory | DN | |
| 27 | Fri. Nov. 15 | Electronic structure of diatomics | DN | |
| 28 | Mon. Nov. 18 | Electronic structure of polyatomics | DN | |
| Wed. Nov. 20 | THIRD HOUR EXAM - PS #6-8, Lectures #17-26 | DN | ||
| 29 | Fri. Nov. 22 | Transition metals and ligands | DN | |
| 30 | Mon. Nov. 25 | Coordination compounds | DN | |
| 31 | Wed. Nov. 27 | Ligands and crystal fields | DN | |
| Fri. Nov. 29 | THANKSGIVING -no classes | DN | ||
| 32 | Mon. Dec. 2 | Spectroscopy and magnetism | DN | |
| 33 | Wed. Dec. 4 | Bonding in transition metal complexes | DN | |
| 34 | Fri. Dec. 6 | Extended solids | DN | |
| 35 | Mon. Dec. 9 | Metals in biology | DN | |
| 36 | Wed. Dec. 11 | Porphyrins and vampires | DN |
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