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Atomic and Molecular Orbitals

Lecture 0: Course Overview

Atomic and Molecular Orbitals
Dr. Truong Thanh Tu
VNU University of Science
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry
19 Le Thanh Tong, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi
tuthanhtruong@gmail.com

Credit points: 03

Time commitment: 30 hrs (total)
Lecture: 21 hrs
Tutorial: 9 hrs

Description: This course is designed to provide USTH
bachelor students with general concepts of atomic and
molecular structure that is essential to understand
properties of matter.

Assessment/ Evaluation
Attendance + Homework
20%
Short exam(s)
20%
Final exam
60%
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Objectives and Out-come

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Recommended Textbooks

Spectroscopy of one electron atoms

Multi-electron atoms
Molecular electronic structure
Geometric structure of molecules
Molecular Orbital (MO) theory
MO theory applied to 2nd row homonuclear diatomics

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General Chemistry - 7th edition (2004) by K. W.

Whitten, R. E. Davis, M. L. Peck, and G. G. Stanley

Chemistry 7th edition (2007) by S. S. Zumdahl and S.
A. Zumdahl

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Course Content and Schedule

Evolution of the atomic concept

Spectroscopy and Bohrs model of atoms
Quantum model of hydrogen-like system
Electronic structure of multi-electron atoms
Lewis: electronic structure of molecules
VSEPR: geometry of molecules
Molecular orbital (MO) theory; simple
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homonuclear diatomics
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Molecular orbial (MO) of 2nd row

homonuclear diatomics

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1.5
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1.5
1.5
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1.5

Prc.

Exr.

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Lect.

Class

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Assignment(s)

Homework 1
Homework 2
Homework 3

Homework 4

9 Final
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