Chemistry 1a (fall semester)

• Classes of Chemical Reactions
• Gas-Phase Equilibrium Calculations
• Acid-Base Equilibrium Calculations
• Introduction to Thermodynamics, Part I, the First Law
• Introduction to Thermodynamics, Part II, the Second Law

Chemistry 1b (spring semester)

• Spherical Harmonics, Graphics from Universidad de Oviedo
• Discussion of the Polarity of Sodium Chloride
• Interhalogen Compounds Illustrating Extended Valence
• Introduction to Molecular Orbital Theory
• MO Theory of Transition Metal Complexes
• compendia of useful equations in each unit
  • Unit I: atomic and nuclear chemistry

13 February 2008