41 courses in the 1964–65 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
W. A. E. McBryde, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Virginia) Professor and Chairman of Department
W. F. Forbes, Ph.D. (London), D.I.C. - - - - - Professor W. L. Elsdon, M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (McGill) - - Associate Professor R. M. Guest, M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (McGill) = - - Associate Professor J. R. Mills, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Illinois) - - - Associate Professor H. G. McLeod, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) - - - Associate Professor R. G. Woolford, M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Illinois) - - Associate Professor G. F. Atkinson, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) - - - Assistant Professor D. A. Brisbin, B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Toronto) - - Assistant Professor
J. B. Capindale, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford) - - - - Assistant Professor D. E. Irish, B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Chicago)
Assistant Professor J. B. Moffat, B.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) - - - - Assistant Professor
An elementary study of the states of matter, changes of state, solution laws. Atomic structure and chemical bonding. Stoichiometry of equations. Oxidation-reduction. Chemical equilibria. Descriptive inorganic chemistry. 3 lectures, one term. Laboratory: A term 3 hours alternate weeks.
B term 3 hours.
Systematic inorganic chemistry based on the periodic classification, with emphasis on the relationship between properties and structure.
3 lectures, one term.
Principles of quantitative analysis; precipitation, titration, separation, complex formation. Experiments in classical and modern methods of analysis, and problems on the necessary calculations.
1 lecture, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
The organic and physical chemistry of elementary polymerization reactions. A study of the physical properties of polymeric materials as related to molecular structure. An introduction to polymer technology.
Prerequisite: Chem. 11 and Phys. 15.
3 lectures, one term.
The basic chemistry of the important classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds.
Introduction to the quantum-mechanical theory of chemical bonding. Atomic and molecular orbitals. The spatial arrangements of atoms and molecules. Methods of structure determination.
Department of Chemistry
Covalent bond lengths and angles. Crystal chemistry of ionic substances. The stereochemistry of various elements and their compounds. 3 lectures, one term.
Electrolytic conductance and transport. Thermodynamics of electrolytic solutions. Electrode potentials. The measurement of pH. Metallic corrosion.
Prerequisite: ChE 32, Chemistry 22.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, one term.
An introduction to the important classes of heterocyclic compounds and natural products. A laboratory course on preparative organic chemistry and organic techniques accompanies the lectures. Prerequisite: Chemistry 26.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, hormones, nucleic acids, and vitamins. Metabolism of these groups of compounds. Physico-chemical aspects of biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 36.
3 lectures, one term.
Structure, properties and reactions of nuclei. Quantitative treatment of radioactive processes. Radiation detection and measurement. Chemical applications.
3 lectures, one term.
45, Surface Phenomena. A study of absorption, wetting, foams, electrical surface phenomena, and principles of heterogeneous catalysis. 3 lectures, one term.
Selected topics on the chemistry of organic compounds of industrial interest.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 36.
3 lectures, one term.
The chemistry and physics of natural and synthetic polymers, covering the following topics: condensation and addition polymers and their reaction kinetics; properties of polymers, their measurement and relation to structure; isotactic polymers, copolymers, and polymer reactions.
3 lectures, one term.
Elementary study of the states of matter, changes of state, solution laws; atomic structure and bonding; stoichiometry of equations, oxidation-reduction, chemical equilibria; descriptive chemistry of the commoner elements in terms of the periodic table.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
Electronic structure of atoms; the periodic table; nature and classification of chemical bonding; bond energies and electronegativity scales; structure and shape of molecules; crystal structure of common inorganic substances.
2 lectures (For General students, 1 hour problem).
Theory and practice of elementary quantitative inorganic analysis; experiments to illustrate gravimetric, titrimetric, and absorptiometric methods; introduction to various methods of separation.
2 lectures, 6 hours laboratory.
An introduction to chemical thermodynamics including the laws of thermodynamics applied to simple systems of fixed composition. Approximately ten hours of the course will be devoted to an introduction to the phase rule.
2 lectures, 1 hour problems.
The properties, preparations, reactions, and basic structural theory of the common classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. A laboratory course on preparative organic chemistry accompanies the lectures.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
An introduction to the study of matter from the macroscopic and molecular point of view. Classical kinetic theory of gases, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, molecular structure, surface phenomena, phase equilibria and macromolecules. A knowledge of Calculus is assumed.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
Systematic inorganic chemistry stressing general forms of behaviour and periodic trends among the elements. Descriptive chemistry will be presented in part through reading assignments. The accompanying laboratory will illustrate methods of synthesis; analytical tests of products; and determination of composition, structure, and physical constants. 2 lectures; Laboratory, for General or Chemistry and Biology students, 3 hours; for Chemistry students, see Chemistry 431; for Chemistry and Physics students see Chemistry 439.
The rate laws of elementary kinetics, complex reactions and catalysis. Electrochemistry and the thermodynamics of nonelectrolytes..
2 lectures, 6 hours laboratory.
Chemistry 236 expanded to stress enolate condensations and alicyclic compounds, stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms. The laboratory course includes further preparative work and qualitative organic analysis..
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
Department of Chemistry
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, hormones, nucleic acids, and vitamins. Metabolism of these groups of compounds. Physico-chemical aspects of biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Chem. 236 or equivalent.
2 lectures. (For General students, 3 hours laboratory).
Selected topics in inorganic chemistry including co-ordination chemistry, mechanism of inorganic reactions, nuclear and radiochemistry, non-aqueous solvent systems, high-temperature chemistry. The laboratory course includes preparation of typical inorganic compounds and physical measurements to establish structure and stability of these.
2 lectures, 6 hours laboratory.
The thermodynamics and kinetics of surface phenomena. An introduction to the fundamentals of quantum and statistical mechanics with applications to rate theories and small molecules.
2 lectures, 1 hour problems.
A selection of more advanced topics to include heterocyclic compounds, natural products, and theoretical aspects of organic chemistry. 2 lectures.
Selected topics and techniques in modern biochemistry; energy transfer, transport across membranes, comparative aspects of metabolism, mechanism and kinetics of enzyme activity, structural macromolecules. 2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
Physical chemistry; or organic chemistry; or inorganic chemistry, for students in Honours Chemistry and Physics (cf. course 431). Three hours may be in Biochemistry (cf. course 437). . Chem. students, 6 hours laboratory.
Chem. & Phys. students, 3 hours laboratory.
The chemistry and physics of natural and synthetic polymers, covering the following topics; condensation and addition polymers and their reaction kinetics; properties of polymers, their measurements and relation to structure; isotactic polymers, copolymers, and polymer reactions.
2 lectures.
Equilibrium and kinetic aspects of complex species; experimental and calculative techniques; mechanism of reactions of co-ordination compounds.
An advanced treatment of classical analysis. The application of equilibria and kinetic considerations to the study of deviations from stoichiometric behaviour. The formation and nature of precipitates, nonaqueous solvent methods, analytical separations.
A rigorous treatment of chemical thermodynamics with emphasis on the complete thermodynamic description of a system.
Selected topics in the field of natural products stressing the use of spectral and other physico-chemical methods in the determination of structure.
641, Crystal Chemistry and Optical Goniometry. The chemical significance of the structure of solids. Measurement of crystals to determine external symmetry and drawing of the conventional projections.
Instrument components and optimum application; rudiments of design; electrical, spectral, migrational and other methods.
The fundamentals of quantum chemistry with applications to the solution of the wave equation for simple molecules and the solution by approximate methods for large molecules.
The structure and reactivity of organic molecules emphasizing stereochemistry and reaction mechanisms.
Powder and single crystal methods of x-ray diffraction. The reciprocal lattice. Organic and inorganic examples. The use of radiation detector equipment. The approach to structural problems.
Statistical methods applied to the kinetic molecular theory and to the treatment of interacting systems. The kinetics of homogenous reactions in gases with emphasis on unimolecular reactions, and of reactions in condensed phases.
A discussion of classical and newer concepts in the synthesis of organic compounds with emphasis placed on the fundamental behaviour patterns. An integration of expetimental facts and modern theories is presented.
The determination of the structure of polyatomic molecules from the study of infrared and Raman spectra. Applications in thermodynamics.
Introduction to ultraviolet, infrared, and resonance spectroscopy, with emphasis on applications to studies of organic molecules.