CP Symmetry and Structure (U01726)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : CHE-3-CPSymStr

The course consists of lectures in Structure and Bonding, and Symmetry and Structure. The course forms part of the prescribed third year curriculum for students on degrees in Chemical Physics.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : For 2004/05: Chemistry 2A and Chemistry 2B; or Chemistry 2C and 2D; or Chemical Physics 2; or with permission of Head of School. From 2005/06: Chemistry 2 (CHE-2-Chem), and Applicable Mathematics 1, and Mathematical Methods 1; or with permission of Head of School

? Prohibited combinations : Chemistry 3A (CHE-3-A).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Chemical Physics, (School of Chemistry, Schedule L)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Monday	09:00	10:50	KB
Lecture	Monday	11:10	12:00	KB
Lecture	Wednesday	09:00	10:50	KB
Lecture	Wednesday	11:10	13:00	KB
Lecture	Thursday	12:10	13:00	KB
Lecture	Friday	09:00	10:50	KB
Lecture	Friday	11:10	12:00	KB
Lecture	Friday	14:00	15:50	KB
Lecture	Friday	16:10	17:00	KB

? Additional Class Information : Lectures and tutorials as arranged.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Assign molecules to point groups and use symmetry properties to predict vibrational spectra and describe atomic and molecular orbitals
- Understand the basis of spectroscopic selection rules
- Predict the structure of the ground state, electronically excited states and the ionic states of small molecules using molecular orbital theory
- Use the Huckel Approximation to describe the electronic structure of large molecules, extend it to the band structure of solids and rationalise their electronic conductivity and spectroscopic properties.