Reference no: EM133112168
CH3204 Symmetry, Spectroscopy and Quantum Mechanics
Knowledge and Understanding
a) Recognise symmetry elements and operations in molecules, and use these to assign point groups;
b) Appreciate the use of character tables to describe the results of symmetry operations on molecules;
c) Use group theoretical arguments to predict features of rotational, infra-red and Raman spectra;
d) Know the parts of the electromagnetic spectrum used in common forms of spectroscopy, and describe the physical processes these are used to probe;
e) Understand the origins and appearance of typical rotational and vibrational absorption/emission and Raman spectra, predict their appearance for simple molecules, and extract chemical information from spectra;
f) Appreciate how electronic energy levels in atoms and molecules arise, predict spectra, and extract chemical information;
g) Describe theoretical treatment of wave properties of matter within the quantum mechanical approach;
h) Appreciate how solutions of the Schrödinger equation are found for model systems, and recognise the physical and chemical significance of these solutions;
i) Use quantum mechanical and group theoretical concepts to describe the bonding in diatomic and polyatomic molecules;
j) Apply concepts of molecular orbital and valence bond theories to describe simple molecules and coordination complexes.
Intellectual Skills
a) Appreciate fundamental aspects of matter at the quantum level, and the experimental evidence for theoretical descriptions;
b) Extract physical and chemical data from spectra, and relate this to theoretical concepts of molecular and electronic structure;
c) Utilise appropriate combinations of spectroscopic data to identify molecular structures.
d) Relate the three dimensional structure of molecules to their physical properties and use group theory to relate the two.
e) Infer molecular structure from spectroscopic data based on symmetry arguments.
f) Construct molecular orbital diagrams from a combination of symmetry and bonding theory.