90 courses in the 1976–77 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Notes
Faculty listed in 1976–77
Professor, Chairman of Department
W. A. E. McBryde, M.A. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Virginia), F.C.LC.
Professor, Dean of the Faculty of Science
W. B. Pearson,! D.F.C., M.A., D.Sc. (Oxon), F.R.S.C.
F.C.
Faculty listed in 1976–77
Associate Professor, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science D. A. Brisbin, B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Toronto}
Professor, Acting Director of the Guleph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry A. J. Carty, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham)
Professors
J. Cizek,? R.N.Dr. (Charles University, Prague), C.Sc. (Czechoslovak, Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Faculty listed in 1976–77
B. O. Fraser-Reid, M.Sc. (Queen's), Ph.D. (Alberta)
D. E. Irish, B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Chicago), F.C.L.C.
F. W. Karasek, B.S. (Elmhurst), Ph.D. (Oregon State), F.CLC.
Faculty listed in 1976–77
H. G. McLeod, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
J. B. Moffat, B.A., PA.D. (Toronto), F.C.LC.
J. Paldus,? R.N.Dr. (Charles University, Prague), C.Sc. (Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague)
Faculty listed in 1976–77
L. W. Reeves, B.Sc., Ph.D., D.Sc. (Bristol), F.C.1.C.
A. Rudin,? B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Northwestern)
G. Scoles,' Dottore in Chimica (Genova), Lib. Doc.
Faculty listed in 1976–77
H. D. Sharma, M.Sc., (Delhi), Ph.D. (California)
J. G. Smith, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
T. Viswanatha, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Mysore)
R. G. Woolford, M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Illinois), F.C.LC.
Adjunct Professor R. H. F. Manske, M.Sc. (Queen’s), Ph.D., D.Sc. (Manchester), D.Sc. (McMaster), F.R.S.C., F.CA.C.
Associate Professors
Faculty listed in 1976–77
G. F. Atkinson, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto), F.RA.C.
J. B. Capindale, M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford)
W. L. Elsdon, M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (McGill)
T. E. Gough, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Leicester)
J. L. Koppel, B.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
D. Mackay, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Aberdeen)
A. D. Maynes, M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
F. R. McCourt,? B.Sc., Ph.D. (British Columbia}
V.A. Snieckus, B.Sc. (Alberta), M.S. (California), Ph.D. (Oregon)
G. E. Toogood, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Nottingham)
Course Descriptions 215 Chemistry
Assistant Professors
Faculty listed in 1976–77
L. J. Brubacher, B.A. (Goshen College, Indiana), Ph.D. (Northwestern)
R. J. LeRoy, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Wisconsin)
M. Tchir, B.Sc. (Alberta), Ph.D. (Western)
Senior Demonstrators
Faculty listed in 1976–77
M. Barwell, B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc. (Waterlog)
W. J. Byars, H.N.C. (Dundee Technical College), B.Sc. (Waterloo)
M. C. Michael (Miss), B.Sc. (Waterloo)
M. Vatcher, H.N.C. (Bolton Technical College), B.Sc. (Waterloo)
Faculty members holding cross appointments as shown ! Chemistry and Physics
2 Chemistry and Applied Mathematics
3 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Details of the undergraduate programmes offered by the Faculty of Science are to be found in Chapter 13. Prerequisites for a course are a reliable guide to the background necessary for the course. In lieu of the specific courses listed, an equivalent background from Waterloo or elsewhere is acceptable. With consent of the instructor, prerequisites may be waived in exceptional cases.
The course covers the material considered essential preparation for first year chemistry courses. Included are formulae, nomenclature, stoichiometry, and an introduction to thermochemistry, solution chemistry, chemical equilibria, acids, bases and oxidation reduction reactions, kinetics and bonding.
Successful completion of this course fulfills the University Admission requirements where high school Chemistry is necessary. Offered by correspondence only, one term. No University credit
10* General Chemistry Seminar
A 1 hour/week seminar course required for all Chemistry students in all years beyond Year t.
1h, zero credit, Fall, Winter and Spring
26* Organic Chemistry 1
The basic chemistry of the important classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. A laboratory course on preparative organic chemistry and organic techniques accompanies the lectures.
3 lect., 3h. lab., alternate weeks, Fall, Winter terms (Normally for students in Year 2 Engineering)
36* Organic Chemistry 2
An introduction to the important classes of hetero-cyclic compounds and natural products.
Prereq: Chem, 26*, 3 lect., Fall and Spring terms (Normally for students in Year 2 Engineering)
Chemistry 111* continued to include chemical equilibria and rates of reaction and oxidation reduction reactions. Prereq: Chem. 111*, 3 lect., Winter term
Science students must take Chem. 121L* with this course
Selected experiments for students taking Chemistry 112*. 3h. lab., 0.25 course credit, Winter term
+Chem. 111*-112*, and their associated laboratories 111L*-112L*, are designed for students who have not completed Ontario Year 5 Chemistry (or its equivalent). Normally, all other Science students will be expected to take Chem. 121*-122* and their associated laboratories. Credit will not be allowed for both 111*-112* and 121*-122.
Stoichiometry and structure; periodic atomic properties and their chemical implications; descriptive chemistry of selected compounds; special interest topics.
Prereq: Yr. 5 Chem., Math (Functions and Relations; and Calculus) 3 lect., Fall term
Science students must take Chem. 121L* with this course
Ionic and valence bond models; molecular orbital theory; bond lengths and bond energies; hydrogen bond and other weak interactions; properties, structures and stereochemistries of typical inorganic compounds; acid-base behaviour; nomenclature. (Primarily for Honours students majoring in Chemistry).
The principles underlying quantitative measurements. (Primarily for Honours students majoring in Chemistry.) Prereq: Chem 121*-122*, 2 lect., Fall and Winter terms
CHEM 221Analytical Chemistry of Multi-Component Systems
Applications of electroanalytical methods, spectroscopic methods, and analytical separations to the quantitative description of multi-component systems. (Primarily for Honours students majoring in Chemistry.)
Prereq: Chem 220*, 2 lect., Fall, Winter and Spring terms
An introductory survey of the principles and applications of spectroscopic techniques used in the modern chemical laboratory. Topics will include electronic, vibrational and rotational spectroscopy, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Prereq: A first year Chemistry course, and a knowledge of Calculus. 2 lect. per week, 2 terms (full-year course) Full-year course for Correspondence students only.
Kinetic theory of gases and elementary transport properties. Thermodynamics of ideal systems. Rate of chemical reactions and applications to the elucidation of reaction mechanisms.
Prereq: Chem. 121*-122*, Math 130
2 lect., 1 tutorial, Fall and Winter terms
(Primarily for Honours students majoring in Chemistry)
Preparation and reactions of typical organic functional groups examined from the basis of the reaction mechanisms. Introduction to spectroscopic correlations of these functional groups. Stereochemistry of organic molecules. (Primarily for Honours students majoring in Chemistry.)
Prereq: Chem. 121*-122*, 2 lect., | tutorial, Winter and Spring terms (but will be offered Fall 1976)
The properties, preparation, reaction and basic structural theory of the common classes of aliphatic compounds. Introduction of electrophilic and nucleophilic reaction mechanisms.
Prereq: Chem. 121* and 122*, 2 lect., 1 tutorial, Fall term
The properties, preparation, reactions and basic structural theory of the common classes of aromatic compounds. A continuation of organic reaction mechanisms. Introduction to the chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, steroids, etc. Prereq: Chem 266*, 2 lect., Winter term
Selected experiments for students taking Chemistry 267*. 3 hours 0.25 course credit, Winter Term
(For students needing a full year of Organic Chemistry as a prerequisite to medicine, the sequence 266*-267* and 267L* should be selected; for Honours students majoring in Chemistry, 264*-364* plus the appropriate laboratory courses 264L*-364L* should be selected.)
An introduction to nuclear stability rules, radioactive decay processes and nuclear structure. Alpha, Beta Gamma emission. Nuclear reactions, fission; production of heavy elements. Interaction of radiation with matter. Radioisotopes. Brief introduction to actinide chemistry. Prereq: Chem. 121* or equiv., 2 lect., Winter term
The transition elements and their compounds. Stereochemistry of complex ions; ligand field and molecular orbital theories of metal-ligand bonding; electronic spectra and magnetochemistry of complexes; reaction mechanisms.
A systematic approach to the synthesis, properties, reactions and structures of main group element compounds. Trends in chemical behaviour, bonding and stereochemistry. Electron deficient compounds, the rare gases, chemistry of phosphorus, nitrogen and sulphur will be dealt with in detail.
CHEM 316An Introduction to Transition Metal Chemistry
The transition elements and their compounds. An elementary approach to crystal and ligand field theory will be used to rationalise the spectra, magnetism, structures and properties of transition metal complex compounds. Prereq: Chem. 218* or 212* 2 lect., Fall term
The principles of operation, practical limitations and preferred uses of various devices commonly used to make accurate measurements of importance in modern chemistry.
The postulates of quantum mechanics; review of quantum mechanics of hydrogen-like systems; angular momentum and simple coupling schemes; atomic spectroscopy; a discussion of multi-electron atoms as time permits. Prereq: Chem. 255*, 2 lect., Fall term even years only, beginning Fall 1976
Survey of transition metal chemistry including ligand field theory of coordination compounds and an introduction to organometallic chemistry. Introduction to nuclear and radiochemistry.
Prereq: Chem. 212* or 218* or equiv., 2 lect., for two terms (full-year course). Full-year course for Correspondence students only equivalent to 311*-312*
Basic definitions and polymer nomenclature, molecular weight averages and distributions, polymer constitution, configuration and conformation, step-growth and free-radical chain-growth polymerization and copolymerization.
Prereq: Chem, 255*, 2 lect., Fall and Spring terms
Introduction to kinetics and mechanism of elementary chemical processes in homogeneous systems, reversible, consecutive and simultaneous reactions, interpretation of kinetic data. Application to industrial processes, both batch and continuous.
An introductory survey of the thermodynamics of ideal systems; the application of thermodynamic principles to the study of solutions, phase equilibria, chemical equilibrium and the properties of electrolytes.
Prereq: Chem. 122* and Math 130, 2 lect., Fall term
An introductory survey of the concepts and principles of quantum mechanics; the application of these principles to the study of atomic and molecular structure and spectra, and to photochemical phenomena. Chemical kinetics. Prereq: Chem. 356*, 2 lect., Winter term
Some theories of rates of chemical reactions. Basic electrochemistry and transport properties of ionic solutions. Application of quantum mechanics to atomic spectroscopy.
Prereq: Chem. 355*, 2 lect., Fall, Winter terms (Primarily for Honours Students majoring in Chemistry.)
The organic chemistry involved in selected industrial processes will be discussed. Petroleum chemistry, synthesis of dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, organic polymers, etc.
The treatment of organic chemistry in Chemistry 264* is continued and extended to aromatic compounds. (Primarily for Honours students majoring in Chemistry.) Prereq: Chem. 264*
2lect., 1 tutorial, Fall and Winter terms (but will be offered Spring 1977)
Stereochemistry and conformational analysis of organic molecules. Acidity and basicity. Formation and reactions of enolate anions with emphasis on their synthetic utility. Prereq: Chem. 364* or 267*, 2 lect., Fall, Winter and Spring terms °
CHEM 366Structural and Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Stereochemistry of organic molecules; synthesis of selected organic compounds examined in detail with emphasis on cyclo-addition reactions and condensation reactions.
The development of chemistry will be traced from alchemy to the 20th century. The contributions of famous scientists to the concepts and models of modern chemistry will be emphasized.
Packing in solids; metals, alloys and molecular crystals; ionic and covalent solids; chemical factors affecting crystal structures; properties of metals, semiconductors and molecular crystals.
Prereq: Chem. 212*, 2 lect., Winter term odd years only beginning 1977
The synthesis, characterization and reactivity of compounds containing metal-carbon covalent bonds. Metal carbonyls and their derivatives. Olefin, acetylene, pi-arene and related complexes. The nature of the metal-carbon bond. Catalysis by transition metal organometallics.
The chemistry of inorganic compounds and processes of industrial importance will be discussed. Inorganic polymers; catalysis by inorganic systems including nitrogen fixation, hydrogenation, hydroformylation. Synthesis and purification of metals.
Metalloproteins and other metal-containing biological molecules in hydrolytic enzymes; redox reactions; nitrogen fixation and oxygen transport; the role of alkali and alkaline earth metal cations.
Selected topics in modern analysis of inorganic materials such as rocks, ores, ceramics, metals and alloys; Atomic flame spectroscopic methods, analytical X-ray techniques, methods for ultra-pure materials. trace and micro determinations.
Chemistry and biosynthesis of porphyrins. Metabolism of amino acids, purines and pyrimidines. Roles of vitamins in biological transformations. Respiration, muscular contraction.
An introduction to the physical chemistry of surfaces. Qualitative and quantitative descriptions of surfaces and interfaces and the development of relevant techniques and theories. Application to surface tension, spreading. wetting, adsorption, and other interfacial phenomena. Prereq: Chem. 225*, 2 lect., Fall term
Electrolytic conductance and transport, thermodynamics of electrolytic cells. Reversible and irreversible electrode processes, metallic corrosion; study of selected industrial electrochemical processes.
An introduction to heterogeneous catalysis. Examination of the physical manifestations of catalysis and the development of experimental techniques and theoretical methods for the measurement and elucidation of catalytic phenomena.
Topics will be selected from photochemistry, organometallics, synthesis, heterocyclics, natural products, molecular rearrangements. (May be taken in third and fourth years as 465A * and 465B* provided topics are different).
Prereq. or corequisite: Chem. 365*, 2 lect., Winter term