Chemistry CHEM
Instruction offered by members of the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Science.
Department Head - B.A. Keay
Students interested in taking Chemistry courses are urged to read the advice in the Faculty of Science Program section of this Calendar. Students taking Chemistry courses which have a laboratory component are required to provide evidence that they have successfully completed the Chemical Laboratory Safety Course for Undergraduates prior to the first laboratory class. Students who have not completed this course at some time during their undergraduate program will not be allowed into the laboratory until they do so. Information about this course is available from the Chemistry Undergraduate Affairs Office (SA 109), e-mail address: uginfo@chem.ucalgary.ca, or on the World Wide Web at www.chem.ucalgary.ca/.
Chemistry 003 Q(16 hours)
Organic Laboratory Skills Upgrade
A laboratory skills enhancement course for those students in a Chemistry program who have not taken Chemistry 355.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 353.
Corequisites: Chemistry 453.
Note: A charge will be levied for excessive breakage of glassware or equipment.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Junior Courses
Chemistry 201 H(3-3)
General Chemistry I
An introduction to university chemistry from a theoretical and practical perspective, exploring the relationship between chemical structure and reactivity. Topics using examples from inorganic and organic chemistry include chemical bonding, intermolecular interactions and kinetics.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 30 (or Continuing Education - Introduction to Chemistry) and one of Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics II (offered by Continuing Education). Mathematics 31 is strongly recommended.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 201 and 209 will not be allowed.
Note: Students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Higher Level examination in Chemistry may request advanced credit in Chemistry 201/203. Those who have completed the Subsidiary Level examination in Chemistry may apply to the Department of Chemistry for advanced placement in Chemistry 201 or 201/203.
Chemistry 203 H(3-3)
General Chemistry II
A continued analysis of the relationship between chemical structure and reactivity. Topics reactions using examples from inorganic and organic chemistry include energetics, equilibria (e.g. acidity and basicity, quantitative and qualitative) and redox reactions.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 203 and 209 will not be allowed.
Note: Students who have completed the International Baccalaureate Higher Level examination in Chemistry may request advanced credit in Chemistry 201/203. Those who have completed the Subsidiary Level examination in Chemistry may apply to the Department of Chemistry for advanced placement in Chemistry 201 or 201/203.
Chemistry 209 H(3-1T-3/2)
General Chemistry for Engineers
Basic chemical concepts. Atomic and molecular structure. Chemical bonding. Chemical kinetics and equilibria. Acid-base and solubility equilibria. Oxidation-reduction phenomena and electrochemistry. The chemistry of water. The chemistry of energy sources. Basic environmental issues.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 30 (or Continuing Education - Introduction to Chemistry) and one of Pure Mathematics 30 or Mathematics II (offered by Continuing Education). Mathematics 31 is strongly recommended.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 209 and either 201 or 203 will not be allowed.
Senior Courses
Note: In all senior courses in Chemistry with a laboratory component, a charge will be levied for excessive breakage of glassware or equipment.
Chemistry 311 H(3-4)
Analytical Chemistry: Quantitative Analysis
Lectures: Principles and practice of precision measurement in chemistry; statistical treatment of data; acid-base and oxidation-reduction equilibria; complexometric analysis. Laboratory: Quantitative analysis of organic and inorganic materials.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203 and Mathematics 251 or 249 or Applied Mathematics 217.
Chemistry 315 H(3-4)
Analytical Chemistry: Introductory Instrumental Analysis
Lectures: Principles and practice of instrumental measurements for the quantitative determination of substances. Spectroscopic analysis. Analytical separations; liquid-liquid extraction, solid phase extraction, chromatography. Electrochemical methods: potentiometry, voltammetry, coulometry. Automated methods of analysis. Laboratory: Quantitative analysis of organic and inorganic materials using simple instrumental techniques.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 311.
Chemistry 331 H(3-3)
Inorganic Chemistry: Main Group Elements
Lectures: The structure of many-electron atoms; bonding, stereochemistry and symmetry in inorganic compounds; solid-state science and aspects of inorganic solution chemistry. The chemistry of the main group elements. Laboratory: Applications of chemical principles to inorganic synthetic and qualitative analytical problems.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203.
Chemistry 333 H(3-3)
Inorganic Chemistry: Transition Metals
Lectures: Bonding models for metals and for transition metal compounds; interpretation of redox and thermodynamic properties based on ligand field theory; coordination and organometallic compounds of the transition metals; metal complexes as catalysts in industry and biology. Laboratory: Synthesis, analysis, and physical investigations of transition metal compounds which illustrate their important properties.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 331.
Chemistry 351 H(3-1T-3)
Organic Chemistry I
An introduction to Organic Chemistry from a mechanistic perspective. Structure, bonding, and function, e.g. physical properties and reactivity. Stereochemistry, kinetics and thermodynamics, spectroscopy (nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, ultra-violet/visible, and mass spectrometric techniques). Substitution and elimination reactions of saturated functional groups - the chemistry of alkanes, alkyl halides, alcohols and their derivatives. Laboratory: Practical techniques.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 351 and 341 will not be allowed.
Note: Students are advised to take Chemistry 351 and 353 in consecutive sessions.
Chemistry 353 H(3-1T-3)
Organic Chemistry II
The concept and implications of aromaticity. The reactions of unsaturated functional groups via substitution, elimination and addition mechanisms: the chemistry of alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids and their derivatives. Laboratory: Characteristic functional group reactivity, synthesis, and qualitative organic analysis.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 351.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 353 and either 341 or 355 will not be allowed.
Note: Not open to students in Chemistry programs.
Note: Students are advised to take Chemistry 351 and 353 in consecutive sessions.
Chemistry 355 H(3-1T-3)
Organic Chemistry II (for Chemists)
Mechanisms and synthetic applications of the reactions of alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and derivatives, and conjugated systems such as 1,3-dienes and enones. The concept of aromaticity and its effect on chemical behaviour. Laboratory: Emphasis on organic synthesis and the methods of qualitative organic analysis.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203, 351.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 355 and 353 will not be allowed.
Note: Open to students in Chemistry programs and to others by consent of the Department.
Note: Students are advised to take Chemistry 351 and 355 in consecutive sessions.
Chemistry 357 H(3-1T)
Industrial Organic Chemistry for Engineers
The hybridization of the carbon atom and covalent bonding. Typical reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and industrial applications. Substitution; halogenation, nitration and oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons; polymerization and industrial applications. Functional groups and their reactions; oxidation, reduction, addition and elimination reactions, industrial applications.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203 or 209.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 357 and any of 351, 353 or 355 will not be allowed.
Chemistry 371 H(3-1T-3)
Physical Chemistry I
Lectures: A study of the states of matter. The basic laws of thermodynamics and their applications. Development of the concept of chemical potential. Changes of state and phase diagrams of pure substances and mixtures. Equilibrium electrochemistry. Laboratory: Experimental measurements, interpretations, and calculations relating to the topics discussed in lectures.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203; Physics 213 or 223; Mathematics 253 or 263 or Applied Mathematics 219.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 371 and any of Physics 347, 349, or 447 will not be allowed.
Chemistry 373 H(3-1T-3)
Physical Chemistry II
Lectures: Elementary quantum mechanical treatment of the energy levels of atoms and molecules. Atomic spectra. Symmetry elements, operations, and point groups. Laboratory: Experimental measurements, interpretations, and calculations relating to the topics discussed in lectures.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 201/203; Physics 213 or 223; Mathematics 253 or 263 or Applied Mathematics 219.
Note: Credit for both Chemistry 373 and Physics 443 will not be allowed.
Chemistry 409 H(3-0)
Applied Chemistry and Chemical Pathways for Engineers
Analysis of industrial chemical processes based on reaction pathways to infer system performance including co-product formation and the role of catalysts. Examples from oil, gas, coal and petrochemical processing.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 209, 357.
Chemistry 421 H(3-0)
Environmental Chemistry
A survey course of major aspects of environmental chemistry including the natural chemical cycles in the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere and the consequences of anthropogenic disturbances to these cycles. Topics discussed will include: Aquatic Chemistry and Water Pollution; Atmospheric Chemistry and Its Alteration; Soil Chemistry and the Fate of Pollutants; Hazardous Waste; Toxicological Chemistry.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 203 or 209.
Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Chemistry 331, 341, 351 or 357.
Chemistry 425 H(3-0)
Industrial Chemistry
Electrochemical processes and the applications of some of their products. Unit operations and reactor types in the chemical industry. Petroleum refining including heavy oil and bitumen. Industrial organic synthesis including monomers for subsequent polymerization. Design of specialized polymers.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 353 or 355.
Chemistry 453 H(3-4)
Advanced Organic Chemistry
Introduction to MO theory. Pericyclic reactions, the Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Photochemistry. Elucidation of reaction mechanism, reactive intermediates. Laboratory: Multi step synthesis and computer modelling of organic reactions.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 353 or 355.
Note: Students who have Chemistry 353 are required to take 003 in Block Week as a corequisite
Chemistry 471 H(3-1T-3)
Physical Chemistry III
Vibrational, electronic and magnetic resonance spectra. Reaction kinetics and transport properties in the gas phase and in solution. Catalysis. Laboratory: Experimental measurements, interpretations, and calculations relating to the topics discussed in lectures.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 371 and 373.
Chemistry 502 F(0-9)
Research in Chemistry
Comprehensive research project under the direction of a staff member. A research report must be presented on completion of the course, and attendance at a weekly research seminar is expected.
Prerequisites: Completion of Year Three of a Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, or Chemical Physics program and consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 515 H(3-4)
Advanced Instrumental Analysis
Lectures: Fundamental aspects of modern instrumental methods. Spectroscopic methods: UV-visible and atomic absorption spectroscopy, flame and plasma emission methods. Chromatographic methods; liquid and gas chromatography. Mass spectroscopy. Laboratory: Analysis of inorganic and organic samples using spectroscopic, electrochemical, and chromatographic instrumental methods.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 311/315.
Chemistry 531 H(3-1T)
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I
Coordination and organometallic chemistry of the transition elements, incorporating the lanthanoids and actinoids. Fundamental and applied aspects, including characterization techniques, reaction mechanisms, catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 333 and 353 or 355.
Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Chemistry 373.
Chemistry 533 H(3-1T)
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II
Chemistry of the s- and p-block elements. Interpretation of nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance, vibrational and mass spectra. Fundamental concepts and industrial uses of inorganic heterocycles and polymers, electron-deficient and organometallic compounds. Solid-state chemistry.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 333 and 353 or 355.
Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Chemistry 373.
Chemistry 535 H(1-8)
Advanced Inorganic Laboratory
Advanced laboratory techniques for the synthesis and characterization of main group compounds, organometallics and solid-state materials using modern spectroscopic and structural methods. Includes a short project.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 333 and 453.
Note: Open to students in Chemistry programs and to others by consent of the Department.
Chemistry 551 H(3-1T)
Organic Synthesis
Concepts and strategies of synthesizing molecules with emphasis on carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions, protecting groups, chemo-, regio- and stereoselectivity
Prerequisites: Chemistry 453.
Chemistry 553 H(3-1T)
Bio-organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry applied to the understanding of biomolecules: selected topics from carbohydrate, peptide/protein, lipid and nucleoside chemistry, enzyme inhibition and drug design.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 453.
Chemistry 555 H(1-8)
(formerly Chemistry 455)
Advanced Organic Laboratory
Advanced laboratory techniques: methods of purification and identification of products, purification of reagents, experimental design, working with air/moisture sensitive reagents. Includes a short research project.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 453.
Note: Open to students in Chemistry programs and to others by consent of the Department.
Chemistry 557 H(3-1T)
Natural Product Chemistry
The organic chemistry of important classes of natural products such as polyketides, terpenoids, alkaloids, and antibiotics; illustrating the biosynthetic processes involved in their production, and selected chemical transformations, and syntheses.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 453.
Chemistry 559 H(3-1T)
Organic Spectroscopy
The instrumentation, theory and practical aspects of spectroscopy (e.g. MS, IR, 1H and 13C NMR including 2D-techniques). The emphasis will be on the application for structural elucidation through a problem solving approach.
Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Chemistry 453.
Chemistry 571 H(3-0)
Physical Chemistry of Interfaces
The chemical and electrical nature, as well as basic thermodynamics, of interfaces. Surface films and aqueous interfaces, including micelles and bilayers. Interfaces involving solids such as metals and semiconductors. Absorption phenomena and surface catalysis. Survey of experimental approaches for interfacial studies.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 371, 373 and consent of the Department.
Chemistry 573 H(3-0)
Nature of the Condensed Phase in Chemistry
Theoretical models of liquids and solids. Dielectric continuum, polarizabilities and magnetism. Ionic crystal, insulators, conductors, semiconductors and super conductors. Some aspects of scattering techniques for structure determination.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 371, 373 and consent of the Department.
Chemistry 575 H(3-1T-3)
Advanced Electronic Structure Theory
A discussion of the theories of modern electronic structure illustrated by applications to molecular structure and bonding, electronic spectroscopy, as well as chemical reactivity and dynamics.
Corequisites: Prerequisite or Corequisite: Chemistry 471.
Chemistry 579 H(3-0)
Surface and Colloid Chemistry for Engineers
Introduces the fundamental and applied aspects of interfacial phenomena including capillarity, surface and interfacial tension, films, wetting and contact angles, adsorption, micellization, solubilization and emulsification. Examples drawn from colloids, foams, aerosols and macromolecules.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 209, 357 and Chemical Engineering 427.
Chemistry 599 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Chemistry
Selected topics are offered based on the interests of Chemistry faculty and students.
Prerequisites: Consent of the Department.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Graduate Courses
Advanced graduate level courses are listed below. Courses in certain areas are grouped under "Selected Topics" titles. The content and offering of these are decided annually by the Department to meet the requirements of graduate students in the program. A student may receive credit for several courses in a given selected topics area. Details of offerings and course outlines may be obtained from the Department on request.
Unless stated otherwise the prerequisite for entry to all courses at the 600 level and above is "consent of the Department." Only where appropriate to a student's program may graduate credit be received for courses numbered 500-599.
Chemistry 601 H(2S-0)
Research Seminar
Reports on studies of the literature or of current research. Required of all graduate students in Chemistry.
NOT INCLUDED IN GPA
Chemistry 613 H(3-0)
Electrochemical Fundamentals and Methodologies
Origin, significance, and thermodynamics of interfacial potential differences; structure of the double layer; basic principles of electron transfer at interfaces, Butler-Volmer equation; mass transport control of electro-chemical reactions; controlled potential methods as applied to electrode surface reactions and homogeneous reactions coupled to electron-transfer processes.
Chemistry 615 H(3-0)
Analytical Separations
Theory and practice of resolving mixtures into separate components for analysis. Basic theory; liquid-liquid extraction; high performance liquid chromatography; gas-liquid, open bed, ion exchange and exclusion chromatography; electrophoresis.
Chemistry 617 H(3-0)
Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Consideration of principles and equilibria pertaining to aqueous and nonaqueous neutralization, redox, complexation, precipitation and potentiometric methods employed in analyses. Statistical considerations of analytical data and analysis.
Chemistry 619 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Analytical Chemistry
Topics of current interest such as: properties of synthetic polymer membranes, advanced instrumental methods, developments in chemical sensors, speciation studies, environmental analytical chemistry.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 621 H(3-0)
Organometallic Chemistry
A detailed discussion of structure, bonding and preparative methods in organometallic chemistry including the industrial and synthetic applications of organometallic compounds.
Chemistry 623 H(3-0)
Chemistry of the Main Group Elements
The chemistry of electron-deficient, electron-precise, and electron-rich rings, inorganic polymers, and organometallic compounds of the main group elements; applications of spectroscopic techniques; industrial uses. Seminars on recent research developments.
Chemistry 625 H(3-0)
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions
The dynamics of thermal and photochemical processes involving inorganic compounds, and their relationship to structure and mechanism. Emphasis is on ligand substitution and oxidation/reduction reactions of transition metal complexes in solution.
Chemistry 627 H(3-0)
Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry
Aspects of theoretical inorganic and organometallic chemistry including: quantitative and qualitative molecular orbital theory; the bonding and structure of molecules, clusters, and extended arrays; the fragments of organometallic species; orbital correlation diagrams in inorganic reactions; spectroscopic methods and their interpretation.
Chemistry 629 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
Courses are offered to cover topics of current interest, such as bioinorganic chemistry, inorganic solution phenomena, and the inorganic chemistry of the solid state.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 651 H(3-0)
Advanced Organic Stereochemistry
Stereochemical principles in organic chemistry, including: geometry, bonding, symmetry, molecular isomerism, conformational analysis, asymmetric and stereocontrolled reactions.
Chemistry 653 H(3-0)
Advanced Organic Spectroscopy
Advanced spectroscopic techniques for the determination of organic molecular structure. Techniques include Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR), Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy, Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy; (absorption, fluorescence, chiroptic), Mass Spectrometry, and an outline of the single-crystal X-ray diffraction method. Separation techniques will be covered, particularly those combining separations and spectroscopic analysis.
Chemistry 655 H(3-0)
Advanced Organic Synthesis
A review of modern synthetic reactions and methods in the field of organic chemistry with emphasis on the recent literature.
Chemistry 657 H(3-0)
Theoretical Organic Chemistry
Theoretical principles of organic chemistry including stereochemistry, molecular orbital calculations, pericyclic processes (Woodward-Hoffmann rules), and PMO theory.
Chemistry 659 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Organic Chemistry
Courses are offered in major branches of organic chemistry, including: carbohydrate chemistry, steroids and terpenoids, semiochemistry, heterocyclic chemistry, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, as well as other topics of current interest.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 669 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Applied Chemistry
Courses are offered in such topics as electrochemistry, industrial catalysis, chemistry of energy sources, colloid and surface chemistry and polymer chemistry.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 679 H(3-0)
Selected Topics on the Chemistry of Condensed Phases
Courses are offered on such topics as the physical chemistry of polymers, surface phenomena, and the chemistry of colloids and interfaces.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 681 H(3-0)
Crystallography
A general introduction to X-ray analysis of single crystals. Topics include: Geometry of the crystalline state; diffraction of X-rays; Fourier synthesis; methods of structure solution; accuracy and precision of derived parameters.
Chemistry 685 H(3-0)
Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy
Topics to be covered include: symmetry and group theory applied to molecular vibrations, molecular force field calculations, resonance Raman spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and the vibrational spectra of different phases, especially gaseous and solid phases.
Chemistry 687 H(3-0)
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Basic theory of NMR using the Bloch equations and product operator formalism. Discussion of NMR and the periodic table with particular emphasis on 1H, 13C, and other common nuclei. The chemical shift phenomenon, scalar coupling, relaxation times, principles of Fourier transform NMR, various one- and two-dimensional pulse sequences, nuclear Overhauser effects, dynamic NMR and solid state NMR will be discussed.
Chemistry 689 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry
Courses are offered in such topics as dielectric properties, kinetics, molecular vibrations, fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 699 H(3-0)
Selected Topics in Theoretical Chemistry
Courses are offered in such topics as thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics and group theory.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT
Chemistry 701
Independent Study
Independent study outside a student's thesis area under the direction of a staff member and approved by the student's supervisor (or in the case of PhD students the supervisory committee) and Department Head. A report must be submitted on completion of the course.
MAY BE REPEATED FOR CREDIT