Undergraduate Course: CP Symmetry and Structure (CHPH09001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Chemistry |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Chemical Physics |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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. |
Assessment Information
| 1 exam of 1.5 h. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | CPSymStruc |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Alexander
Tel: (0131 6)50 4741
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Course secretary | Mrs Moira Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4754
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