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INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Eric Scerri; Office: 4077D Young Hall; Phone: ext 67443,
Website: www.ericscerri.com
OFFICE HOURS:
to be announced. Will be held in my office. If more than 4 students come we will move
to a seminar room close to my office which is reserved in advance.
Recommended TEXT: Oxtoby, Gillis, Campion, 5th, 6th or 7th ed. In addition there is a Course Reader (Chemical
Structure) [required text] containing copies of all transparencies shown in classes. This available is from UCLA
bookstore. Also, recommended background reading: A Very Short Introduction to the Periodic Table by E. R. Scerri.
HOMEWORK: Graded HW will be from two sources, material E-mailed to you and also the Thinkwell website for
which you will need to register at www.thinkwell.com Thinkwell quizzes will not begin until week 2. You cannot
register until week 1. Full instructions will be given.
EXAMINATIONS:
One 50-minute midterm exam is scheduled on the evening of Wednesday of week 5.
from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 5,
Dependingonhowcounted,approximately8,topicswillbecoveredinthe10week
course.Somechangestothefollowinglistmayoccur.Thehomeworkquestions
suggestedbelowwillnotbegradedbutcanbediscussedduringdiscussionsessions.
Unbracketet No.s are for 5th edition of Oxtoby,
Numbers in bracketed for 6th,
th
Question numbers for 7 edition are same as 6th unless indicated as Blue numbers
(also same ch #s as 6th)
Copies of this book are held on reserve in Powell Library.
Topics
The Nature of Science,
The Periodic Table
Equations and Reaction Yields
Quantum Mechanics
Wave-Particle Duality etc.
Problems (HW)
HW: Ch. 1. # 3(3), 4(4), 20(16), 22(18),
Ch. 2 # 14(26), 20(32), 24(36), 32(44), 45(57),
Ch. 3 # 1(1), 3(3)
these chapter numbers are the same for all 3 editions
Hydrogen and many-e atoms chapter 15 for 5th ed / ch 5 for 6th and 7th
Periodic Trends
HW # 38(2), 40(4), 42(6), 48(18), 56(32),
85(45), 87(47), 89(49)
Classical Molecular Structure:
Including Lewis Diagrams,
Shapes of molecules
using VSEPR Theory
Intro to Spectroscopy
Organic Molecules
& Polymers
HW:
To be Announced.
Transition Metal Complexes chapter 18 for 5th ed, ch 8 for 6th and 7th ed.
HW: # 8(8) 16, 10(10) 17, 24(20) 28, 26(22) 30,
28(24) 32, 34(30) 38, 40b(36b) 44b, 56(48) 58, 59(51) 61.