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Aug 25, 2025
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CHM 322 - Quantum Chemistry: Structure, Bonding, and Spectroscopy
Description
The development of a robust theoretical framework for the structure of atoms and molecules in the twentieth century provides the basis for the advent of much of modern society-from lasers to computers to modern imaging techniques to drug design. This course will provide an introduction to this framework, quantum mechanics, as it applies to chemistry. Quantum mechanics provides the current understanding of atomic structure, molecular bonding, and spectroscopy. The postulates of quantum mechanics will be introduced and utilized to describe the structure of the hydrogen atom and polyelectronic atoms in addition to chemical bonding through molecular orbital theory. The theory behind vibrational and rotational spectroscopy will be developed and used to extract structural parameters such as bond lengths from the spectra of small molecules. The laboratory portion of the course will focus on computational aspects of quantum chemistry. Offered in Spring of even-numbered years.
Prerequisite
CHM 212 AND MAT 110 AND PHY 112 (PHY 112 may be taken concurrently with permission)
Credits: 1
Course Attribute(s):
NATL Gen Ed: Natural Science w/ Lab
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