CH1002:03
Introductory Chemistry B
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
39 hours lectures, 12 hours tutorials, 36 hours practicals. Semester 2. has as either a prerequisite or corequisite subject.
Staff: Professor R Keene, Assoc. Professor G Meehan, Dr M Ridd, Dr B McCool.
This subject builds on the content of CH1001 to provide broad exposure of students to the major principles and reactions of relevance to inorganic, organic and physical chemistry. A major emphasis will continue to be the applicability of chemistry in the wider scientific context, particularly in the biological, biomedical, earth and environmental sciences.
Physical Chemistry. Electrochemistry, cells and batteries. Phase equilibria, colligative properties, solvent extraction. Colloids, preparation and general properties.
Organic Chemistry. General features of organic reactions, reactive intermediates, energetics. Mechanisms and applications of major reaction types: radical substitution, electrophilic addition, nucleophilic substitution at sp3 carbon, nucleophilic addition and substitution at carbonyl groups. Conjugation, resonance and aromaticity. Electrophilic aromatic substitution. Spectroscopy and structure determination.
Inorganic Chemistry. Redox reactions, activity series, metallurgy. Systematic chemistry of selected groups of the Periodic Table. Hydrogen and hydrogen bonding. Transition metal chemistry, metal complexes, structure, spectra, reactivity.
Learning Objectives:
- have had broad exposure to, and gained an understanding of, the major principles and reactions of relevance to inorganic, organic and physical chemistry;
- be aware of the applicability of such chemical principles and reactions in the wider scientific context;
- be familiar with, and competent in the application of, a range of common laboratory techniques in chemistry.
Assessment by laboratory work and reports (30%); a three-hour examination (70%).