INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF GROUP THEORY

Major

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Quarter

Spring

Year

2018

Course Number

CHEMISTRY CS 110, Section 1

Enrollment Code

59402

Instructor(s)

Leroy Laverman

Date & Time

Monday & Wednesday 9:30am - 10:45am

Location

Building 387, Room 103

Course Description

The mathematics of group theory is introduced. Point groups and symmetry operations will be applied toward the normal coordinate analysis of molecular vibrations and the construction of molecular orbitals from symmetry adapted linear combinations of atomic orbitals.