Quantum Chemistry

Spring Term 2002

Professor S. M. Blinder sblinder@umich.edu

Teaching Assistant: Elvera Baron barone@umich.edu

Front Cover Physical Constants
Chap 1. Atoms and Photons: Origin of the Quantum Theory

Supplement 1A. Maxwell's Equations
Supplement 1B. Planck Radiation Law

Chap 2. Waves and Particles

Double Slit Diffraction Experiment
Review of Complex Numbers
Exercises 2

Chap 3. Quantum Mechanics of Some Simple Systems

Exercises 3

Chap 4. Principles of Quantum Mechanics

Exercises 4

Chap 5. Harmonic Oscillator

Supplement 5. Gaussian Integrals
Exercises 5

Chap 6. Angular Momentum

Supplement 6. Curvilinear Coordinates

2001 Exam 1 & Answers
2002 Exam 1 & Answers
Chap 7. Hydrogen Atom

Exercises 7

Chap 8. Helium Atom

Exercises 8

Chap 9. Atomic Structure & the Periodic Law

Dynamic Periodic Table
Exercises 9

Chap 10. The Chemical Bond

Exercises 10

2002 Exam 2 & Answers
Chap 11. Molecular Orbital Theory

Diatomic Table
Exercises 11

Chap 12. Molecular Symmetry (omitted this term)
Chap 13. Molecular Spectroscopy

Exercises 13

Chap 14. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Exercises 14

Back Cover Periodic Table
2001 Final Exam & Answers
2002 Final Exam & Answers


Some possibly useful websites on quantum theory, etc:

A Brief Review of Elementary Quantum Chemistry
Primer on Quantum Theory of the Atom
Quantum Theory

Reference: http://www.umich.edu/~chem461/