Structural chemistry

Lectures

 1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………...2 hs

1.1. The Fraunhofer experiment. The quantized nature of molecular energies.

1.2. The ranges of electromagnetic radiation. An overview of the experimental methods of structural chemistry.

2. Postulates of quantum mechanics………………………………….. 2 hs

3. The hydrogen atom……………………………………….2 hs

                3.1. The Schrödinger equation of hydrogen atom

                3.2. The spectrum of hydrogen atom

                3.3. The orbital angular momentum and magnetic momentum of the electron in hydrogen atom

              3.4. The electron spin. The spin-orbital coupling

4. Multi-electron atoms………………………..2 hs

                4.1. The Schrödinger equation of multi-electron atoms

                4.2. The wave functions of multi-electron atoms

                4.3. The energy levels of multi-electron atoms

                    4.4.  X-rac photoelectron spectroscopy

4.5. Optical atomic spectroscopy

5. Optical spectroscopy……………………………………………..…2 hs

                5.1. The Born-Oppenheimer approximation

5.2. General features of optical spectra

6. Rotational spectroscopy………………………………………...2 hs

                6.1. Quantum mechanical description of the rotational motion of molecules  

                    6.2. Determination of the molecular geometry by rotational spectroscopy

7. Vibrational spectroscopy………………………………………….2 hs

                7.1. Vibrational motion of two-atomic molecules

                7.2. Vibrational motion of polyatomic molecules

                7.3. Infrared spectra

7.4. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy

8. Electronic spectroscopy………………………………..3 hs

                8.1. Molecular orbital theory

                8.2. Electronic structure of polyatomic molecules

                    8.3. UV-VIS absorption spectroscopy

            8.4. Fluorescence and phosphorescence spectroscopy

            8.5. Optical rotation and circular dichroism spectroscopy

9. Lasers, laser spectroscopy …………………….3 hs

                9.1. The operation of lasers, the properties of laser beams

                9.2. Raman spectroscopy

9.3. Two-photon absorption

9.4. Laser flash photolysis

9.5. The pump-probe experiment

10. Energy states of atomic nuclei …………………………………..1 h

10.1. The nuclear shell model

                    10.2. Mössbauer spectroscopy

11. Nuclear magnetic resonance……………………………………………..3 hs

                11.1. Absorption of atomic nuclei in magnetic field

                11.2. Chemical shielding, chemical shift

                11.3. Spin-spin coupling

                    11.4. Experimental methods of NMR spectroscopy

12. X-ray diffraction…………………………………………………….2 hs

12.1. The crystal lattice and the unit cell

                12.2. Experimental methods of X-ray diffraction  

                12.3. Evaluation of X-ray diffraction data