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CHEMISTRY 101 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY I
(Properties of Materials)

SYLLABUS (2012)

The aim of this introductory chemistry course is to give you an appreciation and basic understanding of everyday functional materials (whether synthetic or natural). It is the shapes of molecules and the way they are assembled that give rise to the physical and chemical properties that lead to materials with specific functions. An understanding of atomic and basic molecular structures, and of the forces that hold molecules and atoms together, is essential for predicting the behaviour of materials. A solid grounding in these structural aspects of chemistry is the goal of Chemistry 101. Combined with Chemistry 102, this gives students an overview of Chemical Science and provides an introduction for further courses in chemistry.

(The numbers and headings here refer to the Chapters as they appear in our new Chem 101 Custom textbook.)

0. INTRODUCTION (1-2 h). Course goals; Information on Chem 091; chemistry courses at UVic; majors/honours programs; chemistry co-op; MasteringChemistry; introduction to materials.

1. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS (6-7 h). Light and electromagnetic radiation; Wave-particle duality; quantization; Bohr model; atomic spectra; Uncertainty Principle; quantum mechanics; wave functions; quantum numbers; atomic orbitals; electron configurations; many-electron atoms; electron spin; Pauli Exclusion Principle; Hund’s Rule; introduction to transition metals; Periodic Table.

2. PERIODIC PROPERTIES (3-4 h). Historical development of the periodic table; nuclear charge; sizes of atoms and ions; ionization energy; electron affinity.

3. IONIC AND COVALENT BONDING (5 h). Lewis structures; octet rule; formal charges; ionic and covalent bonding; bond polarity and electronegativity; resonance structures; strengths of covalent bonds; bond lengths.

4. MOLECULAR GEOMETRY AND BONDING, METALLIC BONDING (6-7 h). Shapes of molecules; VSEPR model; molecular polarity; hybrid orbitals; multiple bonds; delocalized p bonding; molecular orbitals of hydrogen, bond order; metallic bonding.

5. INTERMOLECULAR FORCES (3 h). Liquids; ion-dipole and dipole dipole forces; London dispersion forces; hydrogen bonding; liquid crystals; ionic liquids.

6. INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (5 h). Organic structures; physical properties; hydrocarbons; alkanes and cycloalkanes; isomerism; nomenclature; alkenes; alkynes; addition reactions; aromatic hydrocarbons; alcohols and ethers; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acid and derivatives; chirality.

7. MODERN MATERIALS (4 h). Polymers, semiconductors; liquid crystals, superconducting materials.