Kemija

27 h

This course provides an introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules. The emphasis is on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis.

30 h

This is the first semester in a two-semester introductory course focused on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry, their historical development, and their basis in experimental observation. The course is open to freshmen with excellent preparation in chemistry and physics, and it aims to develop both taste for original science and intellectual skills necessary for creative research.

31 h

This is a continuation of Freshman Organic Chemistry I (CHEM 125a), the introductory course on current theories of structure and mechanism in organic chemistry for students with excellent preparation in chemistry and physics. This semester treats simple and complex reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy, organic synthesis, and some molecules of nature.

34 h

The goal of this course is to illustrate the spectroscopy of small molecules in the gas phase: quantum mechanical effective Hamiltonian models for rotational, vibrational, and electronic structure transition selection rules and relative intensities diagnostic patterns and experimental methods for the assignment of non-textbook spectra breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation (spectroscopic perturbations) the stationary phase approximation nondegenerate and quasidegenerate perturbation theory (van Vleck transformation) qualitative molecular orbital theory (Walsh diagrams) the notation of atomic and molecular spectroscopy.

35 h

Introduction to Solid State Chemistry is a first-year single-semester college course on the principles of chemistry. This unique and popular course satisfies MITs general chemistry degree requirement, with an emphasis on solid-state materials and their application to engineering systems.

30 h

This subject deals primarily with equilibrium properties of macroscopic systems, basic thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium of reactions in gas and solution phase, and rates of chemical reactions.