- Docente: Claudio Degli Esposti
- Credits: 6
- SSD: CHIM/02
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Chemistry and Materials Chemistry (cod. 8006)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student knows how to apply quantum mechanics to describe molecular systems. He knows how thegeometry and the electrical and magnetic properties of the molecules depend on the electronic structure of the bonds. He knows how to determine molecular properties using different spectroscopic techniques.
Course contents
Interaction between electromagnetic radiation and molecules: transitionmoment, selection rules, intensity of transitions.
Main spectral regions : radiofrequency, microwave, infrared, visible-ultraviolet.
Quantum mechanics of modelsystems : harmonic oscillatorand rigidrotor.
Rotational spectroscopy of linear molecules.
Vibrational and ro-vibrational spectroscopy of diatomic molecules. Vibrational spectroscopy of polyatomic molecules: from normal modes to localized vibrations. Analytical applications ofIR spectroscopy.
Absorption electronic spectroscopy. Effects of molecular vibrations: Frank-Condon principle.Main chromophores oforganic molecules. Electronic spectra of transition metals ions.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonancespectroscopy (NMR) : chemical
shift and fine structure of H-1 NMR signals.
Readings/Bibliography
P.W. Atkins, Chimica Fisica,Zanichelli Ed., Bologna, 1997.
D.A. McQuarrye J.D. Simon, Chimica Fisica: un approccio molecolare, Zanichelli Ed., 2000.
Teaching methods
Lessons in the classroom (4 CFU), exercises (1 CFU),and laboratory experiments (1 CFU), made by 2-4 students groups.
Assessment methods
Oral examination at the end of the semester, and written laboratory reports during the semester.
Teaching tools
Projectors for transparencies and slides in the classroom.
Several spectrometers and personal computers in the laboratory.
Office hours
See the website of Claudio Degli Esposti