58 courses in the 1968–69 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Department of Chemistry
H.G. McLeod, M.A., Ph.D. {Toronto} Professor and Chairman of Department W.F, Forbes, D.I.C., Ph.D., D.Sc. (London) Professor W.A.E. McBryde, M.A. (Toronto). Ph.D. (Virginia) Professor
Dean of the Faculty of Science H.D. Sharma, M.Sc. (Dethi), Ph.D. (California) Professor 'T. Viswanatha, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Mysore) Professor R.H.F. Manske, M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Manchester), D.Sc. {Manchester}, D.Sc. {McMaster}, F.R.S.C. Senior Lecturer G.F. Atkinson, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor D.A. Brisbin (Mrs.) B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. {Toronto} Associate Professor J.B. Capindale, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford) Associate Professor W.L. Elsdon, M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (McGill) Associate Professor R.M. Guest, M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (McGill) Associate Professor
D.E. Irish, B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Chicago) Associate Professor
F.W. Karasek, B.S. (Elmhurst), Ph.D. (Oregon State) Associate Professor J.L. Koppel, B.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor D. MacKay, 8.Sc., Ph.D. (Aberdeen) Associate Professor A.D. Maynes, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor J.R. Mills, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Illinois) Associate Professor J.B. Moffat, B.A., Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor G.J. Palenik, B.Sc. (Illinois), Ph.D. (Southern California) Associate Professor A. Rudin, B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Northwestern) Associate Professor J.G. Smith, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor G.E. Toogood, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham) Associate Professor R.G. Woolford, M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Illinois) Associate Professor
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science A. Balasubramanian, M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science) Assistant Professor
A.J. Carty, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham) Assistant Professor B.O. Fraser-Reid, M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Alberta) Assistant Professor R.J. Friesen, M.Sc. (Manitoba) Assistant Professor T.E. Gough, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Leicester) Assistant Professor
V.A. Snieckus, B.Sc. (Alberta), M.S. (California), Ph.D. (Oregon) Assistant Professor
W.J. Byars, H.N.C. (Dundee Technical College) Instructor W.A. Cameron, H.N.C. (Hendon Technical College} Instructor B.B. Carson (Mrs.), B.A. (New Hampshire), M.S. (Oregon State} Instructor M.C. Michael (Miss) B.Sc. (Waterloo) Instructor G. Tomlinson, C.R. (North Staffordshire) Technology College Instructor
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Details of the undergraduate programmes offered by the Faculty of Science are to be found on page 108.
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, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, two terms.
An introduction to organic chemistry for Physical Education students. 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.
I lecture, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
The organic and physical chemistry of elementary polymerization reactions. A study of the physicial properties of polymeric materials as related to molecular structure. An introduction to polymer technology. Prerequisite: Chem. 11 and Phys. 15
3 lectures, one term.
3 lectures, one term.
Measurement and presentation of spectra. Pure rotational spectra for simple molecules. Vibration of molecules vibration-rotation specra, anharmonicity effects. Raman and infra-red spectroscopy, technique and applications. Electronic spectra for atoms and simple molecules. Franck-Condon principle. Charge-transfer and ligand-induced d-transfer spectra. Spin resonance spectroscopy, N.M.R. and E.S.R.
3 lectures, one term.
35, Electrochemistry. Electrolysis, electrolytic conductance and transport; reversible and irreversible electrode potentials; thermodynamics of electrolytic solutions. Introduction to electroanalytical methods. Application of electro-chemistry to selected electrolytic processes and to the study of metallic corrosion.
Prerequisite: ChE 32. Chemistry 22.
3 tectures, 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, alternate weeks, one term.
Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, hormones, nucleic acids, and vitamins. Metabolism of these groups of compounds. Physico-chemical aspects of biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 16 or 36.
3 lectures, one term.
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Structure, properties and reactions of nuclei. Quantitative treatment of radioactive processes. Radiation detection and measurement. Chemical applications.
3 lectures, one term.
A study of absorption, wetting, foams, electrical surface phenomena, and principles of heterogeneous catalysis. 3 lectures, one term.
Selected topics in organic chemistry of interest and importance to Chemical Engineering students. 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.
An elementary study of the states of matter, changes of state and the solution laws; stoichiometry; oxidation-reduction, chemical equilibria; descriptive chemistry of the common elements.
2 lectures, 1 tutorial, 3 hours laboratory for two terms.
Elementary study of the states of matter, changes of state, solution laws; atomic structure and bonding; stoichiometry of equations, oxidationreduction, chemical equilibria; descriptive chemistry of the commoner elements in terms of the periodic table.
2 lectures, 1 tutorial, 3 hours laboratory.
200.* Radiochemistry. Stability rules for atomic nuclei; modes of decay of radioisotopes; radiations and their detection methods; nuclear reactions applied to activation analysis; radiation induced chemical reactions; use of radioisotopes in science and industry as tracers and radiation sources. 2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
201.* Introductory Inorganic Chemistry. Descriptive chemistry of the elements and their compounds based on the periodic table with special reference to metallurgical and other industrial processes. The laboratory will illustrate various methods of preparation of metals, non-metals and their compounds.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
202.* Analytical Chemistry. Theory and practice of analytical chemistry stressing wet methods in common use today. Treatment of analytical data to obtain meaningful information.
3 lectures, 9 hours laboratory, one term.
205.* Introductory Physical Chemistry. Introduction to transport processess and reversible thermodynamics; reaction kinetics and phase equilibria. Thermodynamics of ideal gases. Diffusion, thermal conductivity and viscosity. Rates of simple reactions.
Liquid-vapour equilibria. 3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
206.* Introductory Organic Chemistry. Basic Chemistry and structure of the important classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. 3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
209.* Technical Literature. Use of library; instruction and practice in searching technical literature; preparation of literature reviews, special topic assignments. 2 hours laboratory, one term.
216.* Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry. A general survey of the important principles and applications of organic and biochemistry for Optometry students only. 3 lectures, Winter Term.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory. {Laboratories to be taken only by Honours Chemistry students).
Theory and practice of quantitive inorganic analysis. Representative classical and instrumental techniques will be carried out and studied with relation to the chemical phenomena which make them possible and to the general principles which they exemplify. A knowledge of ionic equilibria will be assumed and extended.
2 lectures, 6 hours laboratory.
A study of the thermodynamics of ideal systems, the chemical kinetics of simple systems, and a short introduction to the phase rule. 2 lectures, | 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.
2 lectures, 1 hour problems.
The determination of inorganic chemical species by volumetric, gravimetric and selected instrumental procedures. The role of analysis as a service function will be stressed.
2 lectures, 6 hours laboratory.
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301.* Applied Inorganic Chemistry. The physical principles of bonding and structure developed and applied to such industrial processes and materials as extractive metallurgy, synthesis of industrial chemicals; ceramics and alloys.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
303.* Introductory Polymer Chemistry. The chemistry of natural and synthetic polymers, covering condensation and addition polymers, and their elementary reaction kinetics; properties of polymers, their measurement and relation to structure; isotactic polymers, copolymers and polymer reactions.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
305.* Applied Physical Chemistry. The application of reversible thermodynamics to chemical reactions. Kinetics of complex homogeneous and heterogeneous reactions. Chemical reactors. Phase equilibria applied to distillation and crystallization.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
306.* Applied Organic Chemistry. Petroleum chemistry; the production of important industrial chemicals; synthesis of dyestuffs pharmaceuticals, pesticides and surfactants. 3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
307.* Introductory Biochemistry. Carbohydrates; proteins; nucleic acids; lipids; metabolism of these compounds. 3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
308.* Instrumental Measurements I. Introduction to the use of instruments to obtain accurate measurements of physical and chemical properties of materials. I lecture, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
I lecture, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
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.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory
The thermodynamics of systems of variable composition including real gases and binary solutions of non-electrolytes. Electro-chemistry and the thermodynamics of electrolytic solutions.
2 lectures, 6 hours laboratory.
lated condensations, and cyclo-addition reactions; carbohydrate and peptide chemistry. 2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
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 and Honours Biology. 3 hours laboratory).
The chemistry of the transition elements. Introduction to nuclear and radiochemistry. 2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory {except for Honours Chemistry and Physics students)
400.* Electrochemistry and Corrosion. Electrolytic conductance and transport; thermodynamics of electrolytic solutions; electrode potentials; the measurement of pH; metallic corrosion.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, one term.
402.* Modern Organic Analysis. Application of wet chemical and instrumental methods in current use to the identification, determination and characterization of organic materials.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
403.* Physical Chemistry of Polymers. Polymerization kinetics including condensation polymers, free radical, ionic and stereoregular addition polymers, and copolymers; structure of polymer molecules; degradation; solution properties of crystalline and amorphous polymers; molecular weight distributions.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
405.* Surface Chemistry. An introduction to the physical chemistry of surfaces, Properties of surfaces; quantitative description of a surface; interaction between phases at a surface. Thermodynamic treatment of surfaces; physical adsorption; chemisorption. Practical applications of surface chemistry in chemical industry.
3 lectures, one term.
407.* Applied Biochemistry. Vitamins and hormones; chemistry, production, and mechanism of action of drugs; industrial applications of enzymes and other biological materials.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
Introductory systems approach to chemical instruments. Input transducers, electronic and electromechancial modules, readout devices. Optimum operation of instruments. Control systems.
1 lecture, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
1 hour seminar, one term.
Techniques of separation determination and characterization of complex materials including ores, resistant alloys, ceramics, synthetic polymers, food and drug products and pesticides.
2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
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Behavious of polymers: types of mechanical behaviour, flow and relaxation mechanism, birefringence, orientation and recovery; glass transitions; crystallisation and properties of crystalline polymers; introduction to theory of high elasticity.
3 lectures, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
An introduction to homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; chemisorption and its relation to catalysis; geometrical and electronic factors. Industrial applications of catalysis. Problems in selection of catalysts.
3 lectures, one term.
418*, Instrumentation II. The laboratory time will be divided between analytical study of instrument modules, and synthesis of an instrument system to meet a typical industrial need.
1 lecture, 3 hours laboratory, one term.
2 lectures.
Introduction to quantum chemistry and statistical thermodynamics. Applications to kinetics, surface chemistry, and spectroscopy. 2 lectures, | hour problems.
The use of spectroscopic techniques in organic chemistry; analysis of reaction mechanisms; free radical chemistry; a brief introduction to natural product 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.
439, Advanced Laboratory. An introduction to research methods and techniques. The student will elect to concentrate this study in one of the following fields of chemistry, viz. analytical, inorganic, organic, physical or biochemistry.
9 hours per week for Honours Chemistry students, 6 hours for Honours Chemistry (Mathematics or Physics Option), 3 hours for Honours Chemistry and Physics students.
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.
Graduate Programme in Chemistry
For both the M.Sc. and Ph. D. programmes, a student is expected to combine a thesis embodying the results of some original research with course work. A major field of study should be chosen from the following areas: analytical, inorganic, organic, biochemistry, and physical chemistry. Course work will be appropriate to the area selected and a research director should be chosen from members of the department who are presently engaged in various fields of endeavour as listed.
Major Areas of Research
Analytical Chemistry - Chemical instrumentation based on analog modules and on direct digital control; continuous analysis by spectrophotometric or electroanalytical techniques; complex ion systems useful in analysis; application of physical methods e.g., ion exchange, solvent extraction, to separation of metallic constituents in aqueous solutions; analysis of rocks, minerals and meteorites.
Inorganic Chemistry - studies on inorganic complexes in solution, magentic susceptibility measurements of metallic complexes; structure determination by X-ray diffraction methods; solutions of metals in molten salts and other non-aqueous media; the chemistry of the lanthanides in non-aqueous solvents; isotopic exchange reactions, ion exchange kinetics and equilibria, nuclear chemistry.
Organic Chemistry - synthesis of organic substances by electrochemical techniques; abnormal Kolbe reaction of halogenocraboxylic acids; free radical chemistry in general and especially the synthesis and decomposition of peroxy-and azo-compounds, studies on heterocyclic compounds; synthesis of natural products (especially alkaloids) and N-heteroaromatic substances; spectroscopic studies (using infrared, ultraviolet, e.s.r. and n.m.r. techniques) of molecular conformation and hydrogen bonding; synthesis and characterization of film-forming polymers; photochemistry; carbohydrate chemistry.
Biochemistry - effects of radiation on proteins and amino acids as studied by electron spin resonance and other techniques; the aging process; the role of free radicals in tobacco smoke carcinogenesis; synthetic and degradative studies on enzymes, peptides and proteins; nature of materials excreted by algae.
Physical Chemistry - studies in molten salt chemistry, especially mass transport phenomena; kinetics of polymer reactions; experimental and theoretical studies of surfaces, surface reactions and catalysis; quantum chemical calculations, methods, and the physical nature of the chemical bond; electrochemistry and especially electroplating mechanisms and corrosion studies; spectroscopic studies of species in solution to determine their identity and contribution to the properties of the system; viscous and elastic properties of thermoplastics; influence of molecular structure and morphology on mechanical properties of polymers.
Details regarding these programmes and the faculty members engaged in them are to be found in a booklet prepared by the Chemistry Department. The booklet also discusses admission procedures, programmes of study, teaching and research facilities
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and equipment and is sent to every potential graduate student who applies for admission. New areas of research are usually added each year.
Graduate Course Descriptions
Systematics of atomic nuclei; nuclear models; radioactive decay processes; nuclear reactions; interaction of radiation with matter; radiation detection methods and radiochemical assay; tracers in chemical applications; radiochemical techniques and radiation chemistry.
Selected topics in the field.
Nuclear and electron magnetic resonance spectroscopy; basic principles, derivation and solution of the Bloch Equations, first and second-order interpretation of nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. The application of these techniques and of double irradiation experiments to selected chemical problems.
The application of various spectroscopic techniques to problems in Inorganic Chemistry; advanced ligand field theory.
Principles and practice of X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction. Interpretation of diffraction data for structure determinations of inorganic and organic compounds.
Equilibrium and kinetic aspects of complex species; experimental and calculative techniques for the determination of stability constants, inorganic reaction mechanisms, non-aqueous solvents.
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, non-aqueous 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; heterocyclic and alkaloid chemistry; steriods and terpenes, with emphasis on structural determination and biogenesis.
Selected topics in the field.
Instrument components and optimum application; rudiments of design; electrical, spectral, migrational and other methods.
A course on the quantum theoretical elucidation of chemical and physical properties of molecules. Quantum mechanical principles. Quantum mechanical techniques, perturbation and variation methods. Molecular orbital method. Nature of chemical binding.
The stereochemistry and chemical reactivity of saturated and unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- and 7-membered carbocyclic systems, including the decalins and perhydrophenanthrenes. Elimination reactions. Aromaticity, including a study of valence bond isomers and the annuelenes, and homoaromaticity. Reaction mechanism studies utilising isotope effects and transition state concepts. Woodward-Hoffmann rules, Classica] and nonclassical carbonium ion theories.
647, Selected Topics in Physical Biochemistry. Discussion of several related fields covering the application of spectroscopic methods to biochemistry; ultracentrifugation; light scattering; and tracer chemistry.
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 experimental facts and modern theories is presented.
Graduate students will each present for discussion short colloquia based on their reading of assigned topics. Participation in the discussions, as well as the actual presentation of papers, will be an integral part of the course. Admission to this course will be at the discretion of the Inorganic and Analytical faculty.
Rotational and vibrational spectra of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. Interpretation of infrared and Raman spectra. Group theory and molecular symmetry. Applications.
Introduction to ultraviolet, infrared, and resonance spectroscopy, with emphasis on applications to studies of organic molecules.
Discussion of specialized topics in thermodynamics, electrochemistry, surface phenomena and quantum chemistry at an advanced level.
Thermodynamics of the adsorbed phase. Heats of adsorption. Surface heterogenity. The adsorption isoltherm. Statistical mechanics
of adsorption. Chemisorption and catalysis. Kinetics of adsorption chemisorption. The nature of adsorptive forces. Quantum mechanics applied to surface phenomena.