A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline.
Advanced topics in analytical chemistry, including sampling, statistics, multiple equilibria and current literature.
Theory and application of IR, NMR, UV visible and mass spectroscopy.
(3 lecture, 3 laboratory) Application of statistics and chemistry to the analysis of evidence gathered in criminal investigations such as drugs, fibers, gunshot residue, explosives, and accelerants.
An advanced treatment of synthesis and stereochemistry in organic chemistry.
An advanced treatment of organic reaction mechanisms and molecular orbital chemistry.
An introduction to organometallic systems will be presented. Included will be a comprehensive study of the preparation, properties, and reactivity of transition metal organometallic compounds and their application to catalysis.
Chemical kinetics, quantum theory of atoms and molecules and statistical thermodynamics.
The properties of matter, thermodynamics, thermochemistry and kinetic molecular theory.
(1 lecture, 2 laboratory) The effect of chemicals on the environment.
Chemistry of biologically important compounds (proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids), emphasizing structure and function, methods of isolation, identification and characterization, kinetics and mechanisms of enzyme catalysis.
A continuation of
CHEM 581. Bioenergetics, electron transport systems, metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, nucleotides and amino acids.
Discussion of a topic in chemistry at the graduate level; e.g., polymers, drug metabolism, and molecular reaction dynamics.