Faculty of Science

Chemistry Courses

CH100* Fundamentals of Chemistry 1.0

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.

Prerequisite: OAC Chemistry (or permission of the department).

Exclusion: CH101*.

3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 3 lab. hours

CH101* Introductory Chemistry 1.0

Identical with CH100*, but without the labs.

Exclusion: BSc program; CH100*.

3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour

CH200* Organic Chemistry I 1.0

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

Prerequisite: CH100* (or permission of the department).

Exclusion: CH201*.

3 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH201* Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry 1.0

Identical with CH200*, but without the labs.

Exclusion: BSc programs; CH200*.

CH212 Thermodynamics 0.5

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.

Prerequisite: CH100*, and MA103 and MA104, or MA105.

Exclusion: CH211, CH311.

3 lecture hours

CH220* Analytical Chemistry 1.0

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

Prerequisite: CH100*.

3 lecture hours, 4 lab. hours

CH225 Inorganic Chemistry I 0.5

Current models of bonding in inorganic chemistry. Molecular Orbital Theory, Introduction to Group Theory and Ligand Field Theory. Hydrogen bonding and other weak interactions, structures and stereochemistry of typical inorganic compounds.

Prerequisite: CH100*.

CH233 Environmental Atmospheric Chemistry 0.5

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.

Prerequisite: CH100*.

CH234 Environmental Aquatic Chemistry 0.5

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.†

Prerequisite: CH100*.

2 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH235 Industrial Inorganic Chemistry 0.5

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.†

Prerequisite: CH100* or CH101* (or permission of the department).

CH236 Industrial Organic Chemistry 0.5

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.†

Prerequisite: CH100* or CH101* (or permission of the department).

CH301 Organic Chemistry II: Synthetic Methods 0.5

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.†

Prerequisite: CH200*.

3 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH306 Physical Organic Chemistry 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH200*.

CH312 Chemical Dynamics 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH212.

Exclusion: CH300*/CH350*

CH313 Structural Chemistry 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH100*, and MA103 and MA104, or MA105.

Exclusion: CH411 taken prior to September 1994.

CH314 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 0.5

Selected experiments in physical chemistry.†

Prerequisite: CH212 and CH220.

Co-requisite: CH312 or CH313.

3 lab. hours (over two terms)

CH320 Spectrophotometric Methods of Instrumental Analysis 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH220*.

3 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH322 Chromatographic Methods of Instrumental Analysis 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH220*.

3 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH327 Bioinorganic Chemistry 0.5

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.†

Prerequisite: CH225.

CH329 Inorganic Chemistry II 0.5

Chemistry of the Transition Metal and Main Group elements. Topics covered will include redox, thermodynamic, electronic, magnetic properties and the reactivity of inorganic compounds.

Prerequisite: CH225.

Exclusion: CH325, CH328.

CH330 Biochemistry I: Biological Molecules and Aqueous Systems 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH200*.

2 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH331 Biochemistry II: The Chemistry and Energetics of Major Metabolic Pathways 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH330.

2 lecture hours, 3 lab. hours

CH401 Chemistry of Aromatic Systems 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH301.

CH402 Chemistry of Natural Products 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH301.

CH403 Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Structure Elucidation 0.5

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.†

Prerequisite: CH200*.

Exclusion: CH303.

3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour

CH411 Quantum Chemistry and Group Theory 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH313, MA205 (or permission of the department).

CH419 Principles of Toxicology 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH330.

CH428 Organometallic Chemistry 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH225.

CH430 Quantitative Biochemistry 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH330.

CH431 Biochemistry III: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids 0.5

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

Prerequisite: CH331 (or permission of the department).

CH444 Computational Chemistry 0.5

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.)

Prerequisite: CH200*, CH313.

CH490* Directed Research in Chemistry 1.0

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

Prerequisite: Permission of the department.

Irregular course

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