The Readings column refers to relevant sections in the course textbook:
McQuarrie, Donald A. Quantum Chemistry. 2nd ed. University Science Books, 2007. ISBN: 9781891389504. [Preview with Google Books]
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| L1 | Historical Background | Chapter 1 |
| L2 | Wave Nature of the Electron and the Internal Structure of an Atom | MathChapter A/Complex Numbers |
| L3 | Two-Slit Experiment. Quantum Weirdness | |
| L4 | Classical Wave Equation | Chapter 2 |
| L5 | Quantum Mechanics: Free Particle and Particle in 1D box | Chapter 3 |
| L6 | 3-D Box and Separation of Variables | |
| L7 | Classical Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator | Chapter 5 |
| L8 | Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator | |
| L9 | The Harmonic Oscillator: Creation and Annihilation Operators |
Chapter 5 Appendix |
| L10 | The Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation | Chapter 4.9 |
| L11 | Wavepacket Dynamics for Harmonic Oscillator and PIB | |
| L12 | Looking Backward Before First Hour Exam | Chapter 4 |
| E1 | First Hour Exam | |
| L13 | Interaction of Light with Matter | Chapter 8.6 |
| L14 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory I | Chapter 8.4–8.6 |
| L15 | Non-Degenerate Perturbation Theory II | |
| L16 | Rigid Rotor I | Chapter 6 |
| L17 | Rigid Rotor II | |
| L18 | Perturbation Theory III | |
| L19 | Catch Up | |
| E2 | Second Hour Exam | |
| L20 | Hydrogen Atom I | Chapter 7 |
| L21 | Hydrogen Atom II | |
| L22 | Helium Atom | Chapter 9.1–9.5 |
| L23 | Many Electron Atoms | |
| L24 | Molecular Orbitals I | Chapter 10 |
| L25 | Molecular Orbitals II | |
| L26 | Molecular Orbitals III | |
| L27 | Matrix Mechanics | Chapters F, G, and H |
| L28 | Qualitative MO Theory | Chapter 11 |
| L29 | Modern Electronic Structure Theory | |
| E3 | Third Hour Exam | |
| L30 | Using Gaussian | Chapter 12.2–12.5 |
| L31 | Intermolecular Interactions | |
| L32 | Electronic Spectroscopy | |
| L33 | Photochemistry | |
| L34 | NMR I | |
| L35 | NMR II | |
| L36 | Course Review / Makeup Lecture | |
| E4 | Final Exam |