CHEM 213: Physical Chemistry I

Atomic structure: A qualitative treatment of the Quantum Mechanical Model of the atom; quantum numbers; shape of orbitals. Electronic configuration of atoms; chemical periodicity;Models of chemical bonding: Review of ionic and covalent (including dative) bonds; polar bonds; van der Waals forces, hydrogen bonding; Valence Bond concepts – orbital overlaps; electron-pair sharing; sigma- and pi-bonds; Hybridization (as mathematical combination of atomic orbitals LCAO); sp, sp2, sp3, dsp2, sp3d2 hybridized orbitals and the resulting molecular shapes; Resonance and canonical structures; Valence bond description of simple molecules;