There are five fundamental subdisciplines within chemistry:
Many students have no idea what is in these chemistry classes, even after reading the course descriptions, so on this page, we attempt to give some more information about the content and methods of different chemistry classes.
The department also offers courses in medicinal chemistry and environmental chemistry.
In analytical chemistry classes, you learn to answer these questions:
To find out information about samples, modern analytical chemists use 仪器ation 例如:
In your analytical chemistry lecture, you will learn about the theory behind each 仪器, how it works, and the data that you can get from it. 在实验室里，你会的 have an opportunity to analyze samples on each 仪器 and carry out an independent project where you analyze a sample of your own choosing using the most appropriate 仪器.
In biochemistry courses, you will study the structure, properties, and reactivity 的分子 in living organisms. These are the four important classes of biomolecules:
Topics covered in the lecture include the following:
Techniques that you will learn in the lab include the following:
The inorganic chemistry classes at 云顶集团 College focus on the structure, bonding, and reactivity of transition metal complexes, including both coordination complexes and organonmetallic complexes. A full appreciation of structure and bonding requires an extensive study of molecular orbital theory, including the use of group theory to derive molecular orbitals. The latter part of the course examines the applications of organometallic complexes as catalysts for organic reactions.
In the lab course, you will prepare and characterize three important transition metal complexes: Ferrocene, the Jacobsen asymmetric epoxidation catalyst, and the Grubbs olefin metathesis catalyst. Carrying out these syntheses will expose you to a variety of advanced techniques, including the use of Schlenk lines for handling air-sensitive 化合物. You will also investigate the kinetics of a ligand substitution reaction.
Organic chemistry is the study of 化合物 containing carbon. 的云顶集团 organic chemistry are numerous:
In the first semester of organic chemistry, you will learn all of the fundamentals, including the following:
The second semester continues to explore carbonyl 除了 reactions and multistep 合成. Additional topics include the reactions of alkenes, aromatics, and amines; free radical reactions; and the chemistry of carbohydrates.
In physical chemistry, you will use calculus as a tool to derive many of the important equations that you learned in general chemistry from first principles. 物理化学 courses may be taken in either order. The fall semester is focused on the fascinating world of quantum mechanics and how it can be used to describe the structure 的分子. You will also be introduced to how various types of spectroscopy (IR, Raman, UV/VIS, fluorescence, NMR) can be used to deduce detailed information about the structure 的分子. In the spring semester you will derive the laws of thermodynamics and kinetics, which connect the behavior of macroscopic quantities of matter with the properties of individual molecules.