CM9001 CONCEPTUAL CHEMISTRY WITH LABORATORY (4.0 AU)

The course encompasses the key fundamentals of Modern Chemistry and includes the following broad areas: Various models of bonding. Chemical Energetics – Basic concepts of the First Law and an Introduction to the Second Law, including Entropy and Free Energy; Equilibrium Electrochemistry (including Redox Reactions); Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis. The chemistry, structures and reactions of the compounds of carbon and the concept of mechanism. Characteristic properties, synthesis and reactivity of alkenes, alkynes, benzene, and other aromatic compounds, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Introduction to basic spectroscopic techniques such as IR and NMR. Laboratory work includes chemical synthesis, separation and purification processes, thermodynamic and kinetic measurements and introduction to basic spectroscopic techniques such as IR and NMR.