78 courses in the 1969–70 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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Faculty listed in 1969–70
Professor and Chairman of H.G. McLeod, M.A.. Ph.D. (Toronto) Department (until July 1, 1969) Professorand Chairman of L.W. Reeves, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Bristol) Department (after wily 7, 1969) Professor (Statistics and W.F. Forbes, D.1.C., Ph.D., D.Sc. (London) Chemistry) Professor and Dean W.A.E. McBryde, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Virginia) of the Faculty of Science (until July 1,1969) Professor (Chemistry and Physics) W.B. Pearson, M.A.,D.Phil., D.Sc. (Oxon) and Dean of the Faculty of Science (after July |, 1969) Professor A. Rudin, B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Northwestern) Professor H.D. Sharma, M.Sc. (Delhi), Ph.D. (California) Professor T. Viswanatha. M.Sc., Ph.D. {Mysore} Professor and Associate Dean of R.G. Woolford, M.Sc. (Western). Ph.D. (Illinois) the Faculty of Science Senior Lecturer R.H.F. Manske, M.Sc. (Queen’s). Ph.D.. D.Sc. (Manchester), D.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.S.C. Associate Professor 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 A.J. Carty, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham) 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, B.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 J.G. Smith, B.A., M.A.. Ph.D. (Toronto) Associate Professor G.E. Toogood, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham) Assistant Professor A. Balasubramanian, M.Sc. (Madras), Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Science) Assistant Professor B. Budesinsky, B.Sc. (Prague), Ph.D. ( Pardubice} 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) Instructor 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), MS. (Oregon State) Instructor M.C. Michael (Miss), B.Sc. (Waterloo) Instructor G. Tomlinson, G.R.I.C. (North Staffordshire College of Technology)
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Details of the unaergraduate programmes offered by the Faculty of Science are to be found on page 94
11 General Chemistry An elementary study of the states of matter, changes of state, solution
Oxidation-reduction. Chemical equilibria. Descriptive inorganic chemistry. 3 lectures. 3 hours laboratory alternate weeks, two terms.
16 Introductory Organic An introduction to organic chemistry for Physical Education students. Chemistry 3 Jectures. one term.
22 Analytical Chemistry Principles of quantitative analysis; precipitation, titration, separation, complex formation. Experiments in classical and modern methods of analysis, and problems on the necessary calculations.
! lecture. 3 hours laboratory, one term.
26 Organic Chemistry I The basic chemistry of the important classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. 3 lectures. one term.
31 Elementary Chemical Measurement and presentation of spectra. Pure rotational spectra for Spectroscopy simple molecules. Vibration of molecules, vibration-rotation spectra, 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.
36 Organic Chemistry I] 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.
37 Biochemistry Carbohydrates, lipids. proteins, hormones, nucleic acids, and vitamins. Metabolism of these groups of compounds. Physico-chemical aspects of biochemistry.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 16 or 36. 3lectures, one term.
41 Nuclear and Radiochemistry Structure, properties and reactions of nuclei. Quantitative treatment of radioactive processes. Radiation detection and measurement. Chemical applications.
CHEM 131General Chemistry 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.
CHEM 200Radiochemistry Stability rules for atomic nuclei; modes of decay of radioisotopes; radia-
tions 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.
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 rerm.
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.
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.
Searching the chemical literature; use of libraries, abstracts and trade literature; chemical patents; technical report writing; technical business letters; special topic assignments. 2 hours lectures, one term.
Classical and wave theories of the electronic structure of atoms developed and applied to the rationalisation of the periodic table and the problems of chemical bonding. The formation and properties of the covalent bond; bonding in ionic and metallic solids; methods for the establishment of the shapes of molecules. 2 lectures. 3 hours laboratory. (Laboratories 10 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, I 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.
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.
The physical principles 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.
Polymer nomenclature; effects of intermolecular forces on properties of polymers; molecular weight distributions and -averages; step-growth polymerization; states of aggregation of polymers; isomerism in polymeric structures; free radical chain-growth polymerization and copolymerization; ionic polymerization. 3 lectures. 3 hours laboratory, one term.
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.
Petroleum chemistry; the production of important industrial chemicals; synthesis of dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and surfactants. 3 lectures. 3 hours laboratory, one term.
Introduction to the use of instruments to obtain accurate measurements of physical and chemical properties of materials. I lecture. 3 hours laboratory, one term.
Extension of Chemistry 308 to dynamic measurements following the course of a chemical reaction or monitoring a continuous process. 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, surface phenomena, electrochemistry, kinetics, molecular structure, phase equilibria and macromolecules. A knowledge of calculus is assumed. 2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
Systematic inorganic chemistry of the non-transition elements based on the principles established in Chemistry 231; introduction to nuclear-and radio-chemistry. The laboratory illustrates methods of synthesis and characterization of typical inorganic compounds. 2 lectures, 3 hours laboratory.
The thermodynamics of systems of variable composition including real gases and binary solutions of non-electrolytes. Electra-chemistry and the thermnadunamirce nf electralvtic calntians
Correlation between electronic structure and chemical properties and reactivity; stereochemistry; synthetic methods, especially enolate and related condensations, and cycle-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. 2I/ectures. (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 ).
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.
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.
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.
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 electromechanical modules, readout devices. Optimum operation of instruments. Control systems. / lecture, 3hours laboratory, 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.
Transitions in polymeric systems; crystallization and effects of erystallinity on polymer properties; types of mechanical behaviour; flow of thermoplastic melts; measurement of mechanical properties; effects of molecular structure, molecular weight and processing history on polymer properties. 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.
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.
|| Systematic inorganic chemistry of the transition elements; introduction to selected topics including ligand field theory; magnetochemistry; interpretation of electronic spectra. Organometallic chemistry; chemistry of metal carbonyls, cyclopentadienyls, and related compounds. 2 lectures.
Introduction to quantum chemistry and statistical thermodynamics. Applications to kinetics, surface chemistry, and spectroscopy. 2 lectures. I 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.
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.
Introductory concepts and definitions; polymer nomenclature; effects of intermolecular forces on polymer properties; molecular weight averages; step-growth polymerization; polymer constitution, configuration and conformation; radical chain-growth polymerization: vinyl copolymerization; cationic, anionic and coordinate polymerization. 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 follow-
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chemistry. Course work will he 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 digi-
tal 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, magnetic susceptibility
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measurements of metallic complexes; structure determination by X-ray diffraction methods; solutions of metals in molten salts and other nonaqueous media; the chemistry of the lanthanides in non-aqueous solvents; isotopic exchange reactions, ion exchange kinetics and equilibria, nuclear chemistry.
Synthesis of organic substances by electrochemical techniques; abnormal Kolbe reaction of halogenocarboxylic 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, €.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 and equipment and is sent to every potential graduate student who applies/or admission. New areas of research are usually added each year.
Systematics of atomic nuclei; nuclear models; radioactive decay processes;nucleat reactions; interaction of radiation with matter; radiation detection methods and radiochemical assay; tracers in chemical applications; radiochemical techniques and radiation chemistry.
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.
Principles and practice of X-ray, neutron and electron diffraction. Interpretation of diffraction data for structure determinations of inorganic and organic 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, non-aqueous solvent methods, analytical separations.
Selected topics in the field of natural products; heterocyclic and alkaloid chemistry; steroids and terpenes, with emphasis on structural determination and biogenesis.
Construction of hybrid orbitals. Molecular orbital theory. The Huckel method. Ligand field theory. Application to complex inorganic and organometallic molecules. Prerequisite: Chemistry 640 or its equivalent.
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 eae BP lat io oe tela a
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and transition state concepts. Woodward-Hoffman rules. Classical and nonclassical carbonium ion theories.
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 modem theories is presented.
An introduction to the synthetic techniques of inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Chromatography, inert atmospheres, techniques with non-aqueous solvents, high vacuum techniques etc. The application of these methods to the synthesis of selected groups of inorganic compounds will be discussed.
CHEM 662Colloquia on Current Topics in Analytical Chemistry
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 he an integral part of the course. Admission to this course will be at the discretion of the Analytical faculty.
Rotational and vibrational spectra of diatomic and polyatomic molecules. Interpretation of infrared and Raman spectra. Force constant calculations. Applications. Prerequisite: Chemistry 640 or its equivalent.
Ionic equilibria in systems of acids/bases and of metal complexes. Comparisons between the two. Multistage equilibria, systems of polynuclear complexes. Methods for establishing the composition and formation constants of complex species. Factors influencing stability constants. Linear free energy relationships in systems of metal complexes.
Substitution, oxidation-reduction, isomerisation and racemisation reactions of coordination compounds in aqueous solutions. Experimental techniques and treatment of data.
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.
CHEM 691Colloquia on Current Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
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 faculty.