The relationship of atomic structure to physical and chemical properties of elements and compounds; physical aspects of chemical reactions; solutions and their properties; acids and bases; electro-chemistry; chemistry calculations; laboratory experiments illustrating and applying chemical principles.

Identical with CH100*, but without the labs.

The fundamental principles of organic chemistry; the structural theory of carbon compounds; reaction mechanisms; laboratory experiments illustrating reaction types; elementary synthetic techniques.

Identical with CH200*, but without the labs.

A development of, and introduction to, the three laws of thermodynamics from a macroscopic approach. The application of thermodynamic concepts to physical and chemical systems, including a study of phase equilibria, chemical equilibria, and solution chemistry.

Classical wet methods of analysis. Treatment of analytical data. Chemical equilibrium, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry. Principles and applications of instrumental analysis.

Current models of bonding in inorganic chemistry. Molecular orbital theory, hydrogen bonding and other weak interactions, structures and stereo-chemistry of typical inorganic compounds.

The nature and composition of the atmosphere; chemistry of main air pollutants; the ozone layer and chemistry of the chlorofluorocarbons; hydrocarbon emissions and their influence on photochemical smog; greenhouse gases and the greenhouse effect; gaseous inorganic oxide pollutants and acid rain; atmospheric particulate matter and removal methods; importance and methods of atmospheric monitoring; methods for analysis of gaseous pollutants.

Chemical principles applied to the study of water. Chemical reactions in aqueous systems, properties and composition of natural waters, redox equilibria in natural waters, micro-organisms as catalysts of aquatic chemical reactions, water pollution and treatment. The laboratory experiments deal with environmental analytical techniques.†

A study of selected inorganic chemical processes of importance to the Canadian economy: metal refining and production, fertilizers, acid and alkali manufacture, etc. Geographic, historical and political factors affecting the location and scale of the various processes.†

A study of organic processes of importance to the Canadian economy: petroleum, petro-chemicals, plastics and synthetic rubbers, fibres and textiles, pharmaceuticals, etc. Geographic, historical and political factors affecting the location and scale of the various processes.†

A study of carbon-carbon bond forming reactions useful in multistep organic synthesis. This will include the chemistry of enolates, conjugate additions, and pericyclic processes.†

Methods of investigating organic reaction mechanisms: kinetics, catalysis, structure-reactivity relationships, isotope studies, solvent effects, orbital symmetry considerations.†

Kinetic-molecular theory of gases, introduction to rates of chemical reactions and kinetics of complex reactions, ion transport and molecular diffusion, dynamic electrochemistry.†

An introduction to quantum chemistry and chemical bonding. Atomic and molecular spectroscopy. Elementary group theory.

Selected experiments in physical chemistry.†

The principles and application of modern spectrophotometric techniques in qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis.††

The principles and application of modern chromatographic techniques in chemical analysis.†

The inorganic chemistry of biological systems. Areas of study will include metalloproteins (hemoglobin), neurochemistry (electrolytic cell processes), medicinal inorganic chemistry (cis-platinum anticancer drugs) and trace elements in biological systems.†

Chemistry of the Transition Metal and Main Group elements. Topics covered will include thermodynamic, electronic and magnetic properties of co-ordination compounds, as well as an introduction to Group Theory and Ligand Field Theory.

The aqueous environment; structure and function of amino acids, proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, lipids, and biological membranes.

Thermodynamics and redox potentials of biochemical transformations; metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids and amino acids; vitamins and coenzymes.

The chemistry of non-benzenoid aromatic and simple heterocyclic aromatic systems. Biosynthetic pathways to benzenoid and heterocyclic aromatics.††

The chemistry of some selected natural products, including examples from the alkaloids, lignans, terpenes, and steroids. Modern methods of structure elucidation and synthesis.††

A study of the principles and uses of infra-red, ultra-violet, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometric methods in solving structural and stereochemical problems in organic chemistry.†

Postulates and principles of quantum mechanics. Analytic and approximate methods with applications to atomic and molecular systems.†

Electronic spectroscopy of atomic and molecular systems. Rotational and vibrational spectroscopy of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. Calculation of thermodynamic properties from a microscopic approach using partition functions.†

Principles of lasers, types of lasers, laser-induced chemistry, laser spectroscopy, laser probes of reaction dynamics.†

Atmospheric dynamics and segmentation of the Earth's Atmosphere. Kinetics of atmospheric reactions in the stratosphere and troposphere. Ozone depletion and air pollution.†

Introduction to the science of toxicology, with emphasis on chemical aspects of the field.†

An advanced study of inorganic chemistry focussing on organometallic chemistry and catalysis science.

pH, buffers, and titrations; enzyme kinetics and activities; energetics of biochemical processes; radioisotopes.†

The chemistry of nucleic acids; DNA and RNA metabolism; ribosomal protein synthesis; the Genetic Code; recombinant DNA technology.

Introduction to the theory and practice of computational methods in chemistry. Review of quantum chemistry and methods for the calculation of electronic wave functions. Potential energy surfaces: equilibrium and transition state geometries. Fundamentals of molecular mechanics, semi-empirical and ab initio methods. Aspects of molecular spectroscopy. (Lab exercises will be conducted using available computer software.)

A detailed study of a topic under faculty supervision including the submission of a formal report.