http://web.uvic.ca/~chem213/chem213.htm
Instructor: Dr. Devin Mitchell
Office: Ell 327
Email: devinpm@uvic.ca
CHEMISTRY213
Course Outline - SUMMER 2009
PRE- OR CO-REQUISITE IS CHEM 231 - NO EXCEPTIONS
1. Textbooks
YOU WILL NEED THE COURSE MANUAL :
PRACTICAL SPECTROSCOPY Chem 213 Manual - FALL 2008/2009
available in the bookstore. This contains a synopsis of all lectures, copies of all class
overheads, problems, assignments, mid-terms and finals, as well as tutorial information.
NO OTHER TEXT IS NECESSARY, however there are two small cheap texts
(i) “Foundations of Spectroscopy” by Simon Duckett and Bruce Gilbert (Oxford
Chemistry Primers - ISBN 0198503350,
and (ii) “Inorganic Spectroscopic Methods” by Alan K Brisdon (Oxford Chemistry
Primer ISBN 0198559496) which may be useful.
The organic aspects of the course are also reasonably well covered in most general
organic chemistry texts,which most of you will have already purchased for the pre- or corequisite, Chem 231, e.g. “Organic Chemistry”, J. McMurry, 6th Edn, Chapters 12-14
or previous texts, e.g. "Organic Chemistry", S. Ege, 4th Edn, Chapters 10, 11, or
“Organic Chemistry”, T.W.G. Solomons, Chapter 14
Students who are continuing in chemistry, especially organic chemistry, may wish to
purchase one of the following specialist spectroscopy texts (check prices of each!).
"Introduction to Spectroscopy", D.L. Pavia, G.M. Lampman, and G.S. Kriz. 3rd Edn
2001 ISBN 003-031961-7 strongly recommended for Chem Majors and Honors students
Other problems can be found in:
"Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry", Dudley H. Williams, and Ian
Fleming.
"Organic Spectroscopy", William Kemp.
“Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy”, J.B. Lambert, H.F. Shurvell, D.A. Lightner,
R.G. Cooks.
The following texts are on reserve in the Library:
Bak, B.N., Elementary Introduction to Molecular Spectra
Banwell, C.N., Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy
Barrow, G.M., Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy
Pavia, D.L., Introduction to Spectroscopy
Lambert, J.B., Shurwell, H.F., Lightner, D. and Cooks, R.G., Introduction to Organic
Spectroscopy
2. Grading
The final grade for the course will be made up as follows:
Assignments/Quizzes 0-6% (optional)
Mid-term (50 minutes) 20%
Final exam (3 hours) 49-55%
Tutorial Lab 25%
There will be six assignments during the term. These will not be handed in and marked
but there will be a short, open book, i.e. bring in your answers to the assignments
(photocopied material is prohibited), multiple choice quiz on each assignment. If you
have completed the assignment properly then it should be possible to score 100% on the
quiz. If you do not write any quiz (by choice or for a medical reason) then the percentage
allotted to your final exam will be increased accordingly. The assignments form only a
small percentage of your final mark because they are designed mainly as study aids, not
tests. The variable percentage allocated to quizzes means that any individual quiz mark
which is less than the final exam mark will be discarded. Thus, there is NO
DISADVANTAGE TO WRITING A QUIZ, even if you perform poorly.
In order to pass Chem 213, students must obtain a passing grade in both
the lecture and the tutorial-lab portions of the course. Students who
perform poorly (40-49%) on the final, but pass the course on aggregate,
may only receive a D grade. A score of <40% on the
final will normally result in an F grade for the course, regardless of
aggregate score.
Credit will NOT be given for both this course and 233 or 314 or 316.
3. Syllabus
A)
General (1 week)
Electromagnetic spectrum, interaction with matter, Boltzmann distribution,
spectrometer design.
B)
Infrared - organic applications (1 week)
Correlation charts, analysis of spectra, survey of main functional groups.
C)
Infrared - theory and inorganic (1-2 weeks)
i) diatomic molecules, simple harmonic oscillator, selection rules, fundamentals,
overtones, examples. Microwave spectroscopy, rotating/vibrating diatomic, CO
spectrum.
ii) polyatomic molecules, 3N-6(5) vibrations, H2O, CO2
iii) structure determination: complete analysis, finger-printing, group frequencies.
Typical AB3, AB4, AB5 and AB6 examples.
D)
NMR - introduction (1 week)
Nucleus as a magnet, effect of external fields, chemical shifts, coupling constants.
E)
NMR - organic applications (3 weeks)
Chemical shifts - electronegativity, hybridisation, aromaticity. Coupling constants
- alkenes, geometry, protons on O, N, non-first order AB, brief AB2 etc. 13C
spectra -abundance, decoupling, shifts. Structure assignment.
F)
NMR - theory and multinuclear (2 weeks)
Nuclear structure and spin, effect of B0, spectrometer design. Chemical
equivalence, integration, chemical shift. Magnetic equivalence, coupling
mechanism and constant, 1st order patterns.
Examples from 1H, 11B, 13C, 19F, 119Sn, 195Pt, etc.
G)
Mass spectroscopy (1 week)
Principles and spectrometer design, determination of molecular formula (isotope
ratios, exact mass). Fragmentation - guide to groups present.
H)
UV/Visible (1 week)
Molecular energy levels and transitions, →*, n→* etc. Energies and
intensities. Spectrometer design. Types of chromophore and shifts, conjugation,
conformation and geometry, substituent effects in aromatics. Applications to
transition metal complexes (brief).
IMPORTANT DATES:
MID-TERM EXAM JUNE 18th
QUIZ DATES - ALL THURSDAYS
QUIZ 1 MAY 14
QUIZ 2 MAY 28
QUIZ 3 JUNE 4
QUIZ 4 JUNE 11
MIDTERM JUNE 18
QUIZ 5 JUNE 25
QUIZ 6 JULY 16