Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

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1. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS. 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.  Historical development of the periodic table; nuclear charge; sizes of atoms and ions; ionization energy; electron affinity.

3. IONIC AND COVALENT BONDING. 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.  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 AND BONDING IN SOLIDS.
Liquids and solids; ion-dipole and dipole dipole forces; London dispersion forces; hydrogen bonding; classification of solids.

6. INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.  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.  Polymers, semiconductors; liquid crystals, biomaterials, ceramics; superconducting materials; nanotechnology;