Chem 502: Information Technology and Experimental Chemistry

Dr. Bill Daily

   EU & Skills #1:  Information technology and computer skills are valuable tools in both the teaching and learning of chemistry.

   Content topics & skills: 

• creating, maintaining and using (searching, etc.) web pages

• using Excel

• Using PowerPoint

• Using computational chemistry codes

• Using Library and reference resources

   EU & skills #2:  Chemistry is a laboratory science where bridges are built between experimental observations and underlying concepts.

   Content topics & skills:

• Acid/base chemistry

• Intermolecular interactions – solubility, etc

• Separation techniques including distillation and crystallization

• Gas Chromatography

• Bond Energies

• Reactive intermediates and mechanisms

   EU & skills #3:  Qualitative ideas can be transformed into quantitative expressions.

   Content topics & skills:

• Determining the structure and energies of molecules, conformational analysis

• Equilibrium constants and energy

• Calculating and Predicting activation energies