COURSE OVERVIEW
Welcome to the final, and culminating experience in your formal chemistry laboratory instruction at M.I.T. This subject, 5.33, is intended to synthesize a number of concepts you have encountered in lecture subjects, introduce you to techniques and procedures not encountered in earlier laboratory subjects, and in addition stimulate you to think about the following ideas:
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Spectroscopy is more than group frequencies and chemical
shifts. You will analyze a spectrum at high resolution to obtain
structural information about a molecule, use intensity data to
determine relative populations of species, relate line widths to
lifetimes, perform ultrafast spectroscopic measurements in the time
domain, and find out how optical properties of simple molecules are
changing the world in which you live.
References*: Experiments 1, 2, and 3
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Quantum mechanics is good for something. You will use
computational chemistry to predict or verify quantities that you
measure in the laboratory.
References*: Experiment 1, Appendix B; Experiment 2B
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Laboratory safety and proper waste disposal are necessary but
not sufficient. In your laboratory work, you should always strive
to reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances
in the design, synthesis, use, and disposal of chemical
substances.
References*: Section 1.3, Section 2.2, Appendix 2.2, Experiment 4
( * = references point to sections in the laboratory manual.)
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