CHEM 353

Structure, Reactivity and Bonding

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Symmetry elements and operations in molecules. Applications of group theory in chemistry. Descriptions of chemical bonding and reactivity in inorganic and organic molecules using qualitative molecular orbital theory. Huckel MO theory of cyclical conjugated molecules. Structure and bonding in coordination and organometallic compounds.

Prerequisites: 222, and 232 or 235.

Undergraduate course in Chemistry offered by the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science.