Lectures (Video)
- 1. The importance of chemical principles
- 2. Discovery of electron and nucleus
- 3. Wave-particle duality of light
- 4. Wave-particle duality of matter
- 5. Hydrogen atom energy levels
- 6. Hydrogen atom wavefunctions (orbitals)
- 7. p-orbitals
- 8. Multielectron atoms and electron configurations
- 9. Periodic trends
- 10. Periodic trends continued; Covalent bonds
- 11. Lewis structures
- 12. Exceptions to Lewis structure rules; Ionic bonds
- 13. Polar covalent bonds; VSEPR theory
- 14. Molecular orbital theory
- 15. Valence bond theory and hybridization
- 16. Determining hybridization in complex molecules
- 17. Entropy and disorder
- 18. Free energy and control of spontaneity
- 19. Chemical equilibrium
- 20. Le Chatelier's principle
- 21. Acid-base equilibrium
- 22. Chemical and biological buffers
- 23. Acid-base titrations
- 24. Balancing oxidation-reduction equations
- 25. Electrochemical cells
- 26. Chemical and biological oxidation-reduction reactions
- 27. Transition metals and the treatment of lead poisoning
- 28. Crystal field theory
- 29. Metals in biology
- 30. Magnetism and spectrochemical theory
- 31. Rate laws
- 32. Nuclear chemistry and elementary reactions
- 33. Reaction mechanism
- 34. Temperature and kinetics
- 35. Enzyme catalysis
- 36. Biochemistry
Principles of Chemical Science (Updated)
Course Summary
This course is based on 5.111 Principles of Chemical Science, Fall 2008 made available by Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
This course provides an introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules. The emphasis is on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis. In an effort to illuminate connections between chemistry and biology, the biology-, medicine-, and MIT research-related examples are provided. This is an updated version (taught in Fall 2008) of the course with the same name and includes a full set of video lectures and lecture notes.
Reading Material
1. Textbook (MIT OCW): Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight 4th edAtkins, Peter, and Loretta Jones. Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight. 4th ed. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2007. ISBN: 9781429209656.
2. Textbook (MIT OCW) - The Quest for Insight/Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual 4th ed
Krenos, John. Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight/Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual. 4th ed. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 2007. ISBN: 9781429200998. (Amazon logo Bundled set. ISBN: 9781429212595.)
Course Material
Not available.Other Resources
1. Chemical Principles, Edition 6Chemical Principles, Edition 6
Steven S. Zumdahl
Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2007
ISBN: 061894690X, 9780618946907
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2. Principles of Chemistry: The Molecular Science
Principles of Chemistry: The Molecular Science
John W. Moore, Conrad L. Stanitski, Peter C. Jurs
Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2009
ISBN: 0495390798, 9780495390794
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3. Introduction to Chemical Principles: A Laboratory Approach, Edition 7
Introduction to Chemical Principles: A Laboratory Approach, Edition 7
Susan A. Weiner, Blaine Harrison
Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2009
ISBN: 0495114790, 9780495114796
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