Symmetry and Chemical Application

                                   Instructor: R. H. Lipson, Room 1, Chemistry Building, Department of Chemistry

                                 rlipson@uwo.ca   Phone extension: 86359

                                  The course will be held in SSC 3010 each Wednesday 2:30-4:30 pm.

                                  click here for a course outline in pdf format

                                  NEW:  Character Tables in pdf format

                                  Course Content (in pdf format)

                                  (This will be updated regularly; notes subject to change as the course  progresses).       

                                  THE BASICS                                                                  APPLICATIONS

                                  Part 1: Fundamentals                                                        1. Hybridization

                                  Part 2:  Symmetry Operations and Point Groups                 2. π-electron systems

                                  Part 3:  Matrix Algebra                                                      3. Equivalent bond orbitals

                                  Part 4:  Irreducible Representations and Character Tables    4. Transition metal complexes

                                  Part 5:  Basis Functions                                                     5. Normal modes of vibration

                                                                                                                         6. Configurations versus states

                                                                                                                         7. Correlation diagrams

                                                                                                                         8. Correlation diagrams-II

                                                                                                                         9. Spin-orbit coupling and double groups

                                          Problem Sets (in pdf format)                                Solutions

                                  Problem Set # 1                                             Problem Set #1

                                  Problem Set # 2                                             Problem Set #2

                                  Problems Set #3                                            Problem Set #3

                                  Problem Set #4                                              Problem Set #4

                                  Problem Set #5                                              Problem Set #5

                                  Problem Set #6                                              Problem Set #6

                                  Final Exam