Quantum Mechanics and Molecular Structure
Reed College
Chemistry 333
Fall, 1997
| LECTURE: | 9-9:50 a.m., M-W-F, Room C301 |
| INSTRUCTOR: | Dr. Dan Gerrity, Office: C316 Office Hours: M 2-3 p.m., T 12:30-1:30 p.m., W 3-4 p.m., F 10-11 a.m. |
| TEXT: | "Quantum Chemistry", Second Edition, John P. Lowe (Required) |
| GRADING: | Your grade in this course will be determined by your performance on: three "hour" exams (20% each), a comprehensive final (33%), and assigned problem sets (7%) which will be "spot-checked" regularly. |
SCHEDULE
| DATES | CHAPTER | TOPIC |
| 9/3 |
|
Introduction |
| 9/5 - 9/8 | 1 |
Schrodinger's Time-Independent Wave Equation |
| 9/10 - 9/19 | 2 |
Translational Motion: The Particle in a "Box" |
| 9/22 - 9/26 | 3 |
Vibrational Motion: The 1-D Harmonic Oscillator |
| 9/29 | Hour Exam 1 | |
| 10/1 - 10/6 | 4 |
Electronic Motion: The Hydrogenlike Ion |
| 10/8 | 4 |
Rotational Motion: The Rigid Rotor |
| 10/10 - 10/15 | 5 |
Many-Electron Atoms and Electron Spin |
| 10/17 - 10/31 | 6 |
Postulates and Theorems of Quantum Mechanics |
| 11/5 | Hour Exam 2 | |
| 11/3 - 11/14 | 7 |
Approximate Methods: The Variation Method |
| 11/17 - 11/19 | Approximate Methods: Perturbation Theory | |
| 11/24 | Hour Exam 3 | |
| 11/21 - 12/8 | 8 |
Approximate Methods: The Simple Huckel Method |
| 12/10 | Other Methods: Extended Huckel and SCF-LCAO-MO | |
| Final Exam |