86 courses in the 1982–83 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
CHEM 501The Engineer as EntrepreneurW 3C 0.5
A survey course covering the place of small business in Canadian . manufacturing. The role of innovation in organizing a successful new business. Topics important to business startup: patents, business plans, financing new ventures, bookkeeping, marketing, government assistance, taxation, and bankruptcy.
CHEM 502Fundamentals of Petroleum ProductionW 3C 0.5
Background for understanding the physical principles involved and the terminology used in petroleum production. Fundamentals of surface chemistry {capillarity), characterization of and fluid flow through porous media. Principles of production performance, water flooding and enhanced recovery techniques.
CHEM 517Performance of Separation ProcessesW 3C 0.5
Introduction, patterns of change and computational approaches, group methods, limited flows and stage requirements, capacity and efficiency of contacting devices, energy requirements, selection, optimal design and operation, mass transfer with chemical reaction..
CHEM 560Introduction to Blochemical EngineeringS,F 3C 0.5
Aspects of the life sciences of interest to the biochemical industries and to environmental pollution. Classification and growth characteristics of microorganisms. Physico-chemical properties of biological compounds. Metabolism and biochemical kinetics. Course includes some lab work.
The course covers the material considered essential preparation for first year chemistry courses. included are formulae, nomenclature. stoichiometry, an introduction to thermochemistry, solution chemistry, chemical equilibria, acids, bases, oxidation-reduction reactions, kinetics and bonding.
- Successful completion of this course
fulfills the University Admission requirements where high school chemistry is necessary. No University credit. Offered by correspondence only.
CHEM10 FWS 1C 0
General Chemistry Seminar . Required for ali Chemistry students beyond Year 1, this seminar brings together students from all years to receive information concerning the activities of the Chemistry Department and the Chemical Institute of Canada, and to hear invited speakers.
CHEM 123Chemical Reactions, Equilibria and KineticsF 3C,1T 0.5
The stoichiometry of compounds and chemical reactions; principles of equilibria, solubility and acid-base, equilibria; electrochemistry; chemical kinetics.
Bonding in carbon compounds. Structures, properties and nomenciature of several important classes of organic compounds. Interconversions of functional groups. Mechanisms of organic reactions. Prereq: Grade 13 Chemistry, Math (Calculus)
Selected experiments for students taking CHEM 124.
Upper Year Chemistry Courses
CHEM 26 F.W 3C,3L 0.5 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.
Classical and wave theories of the electronic structure of atoms. The periodic table. Formation and characteristics of ionic and covalent bonds. Molecular orbital and valence bond theories. Bonding in molecular, ionic, and metallic solids. Structure and stereochemistry of simple inorganic " compounds.
CHEM 218Development of Chemical Bonding and StructureF 2C,1T 0.5
Current models of bonding in Inorganic Chemistry. Prediction of stereochemistry and electronic structure. Inorganic nomenclature. Prereq: Grade 13 Chemistry, Physics Antireq: CHEM 212
This course emphasizes the macroscopic approach. Areas to be studied include properties of gases: the first, second and third laws of thermodynamics applied to ideal systems; chemical equilibrium. Prereq: CHEM 123, MATH 113 or equivalent.
Thermodynamic concepts are applied to a variety of systems, to mixtures of nonelectrolytes and to solutions of
electrolytes. The difference between thermodynamic and dynamic equilibria is introduced to deal with rates of chemical reactions and their relationship to experimental data. Prereg: CHEM 254
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.
The treatment of organic chemistry in terms of reaction mechanisms and spectroscopic correlations is continued and extended to aromatic compounds. Prereq: CHEM 264 taken in or after 1981-82 ’ Antireq: CHEM 364, CHEM 366
(For students needing a full year of Organic Chemistry as a prerequisite to medicine, either the sequence 266-267 and 266L, or the sequence 264-265 and 265L 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.
The transition elements and their compounds. Stereochemistry of complex ions; ligand field and molecular orbital theories of metalligand bonding; electronic spectra and magnetochemistry of complexes.
A basic coverage of first row transition elements for General and certain Honours students: preparation, nomenclature and general chemistry of transition metal complexes emphasizing structure, bonding, physical properties such as colour and magnetism, and chemical reactions.
CHEM 350Spectroscopy and Molecular StructureW 2C 0.5
Introduction to concepts and applications of microwave, Raman, IR, electronic and resonance spectroscopy with respect to molecular parameters. Prereq: CHEM 355
Introduction to the microscopic description of physical processes, laws governing electrons and atoms and the properties of atomic and molecular states, application to electromagnetic radiation interacting with atom and molecules producing transitions between states.
An introductory survey of the thermodynamics of ideal systems; the application of thermodynamic principles to the study of solution, phase equilibria, chemical equilibrium and the properties of electrolytes. Prereq: CHEM 123 and MATH 113 or equivalent
CHEM 357Physical Chemistry for the Life SciencesW 2C,1T 0.5
An introductory survey of kinetic molecular theory and transport phenomena with applications to biological systems. Chemical kinetics. Some spectroscopies important to life sciences.
The statistical nature of large assemblies of atoms and molecules, kinetic theory of gases, transport Processes, the collision theory and transition state theory of chemical kinetics.
Simple molecular orbital theories and their use in organic chemistry. Effects of substituents and reaction conditions on the mechanism of organic reactions. Prereq: CHEM 265
The organic chemistry invoived in selected industrial processes wil! be discussed. Petroleum chemistry, synthesis of dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals, pesticides, organic polymers, etc. Prereg: CHEM 265 or 267
Stereochemistry and conformational analysis of organic molecules. Acidity and basicity. Formation and reactions of enolate anions with emphasis on their synthetic utility.
CHEM 366Structural and Synthetic Organic ChemistryF 2C 0.5
Stereochemistry of organic molecules; synthesis of selected organic compounds examined in detail with emphasis on cyclo-addition reactions and condensation reactions.
The design of organic syntheses, and especially the formation of enolate ions and their use in the formation of new carbon-carbon bonds. Acidity and basicity of organic molecules. Stereochemical concepts applied to organic molecules as weil as conformational analysis.
The synthesis, characterization and reactivity of compounds containing metal-carbon covalent bonds. Metal carbony!s and their derivatives. Olefin, acetylene, pi-arene and related complexes. The nature of the metalcarbon 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. Extraction and purification of metals. Prereg: CHEM 312
CHEM 419Biological Aspects of Inorganic ChemistryW 2C 0.5
Metalioproteins and other metalcontaining 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 ultrapure materials, trace and micro determinations.
Chemistry and biosynthesis of porphyrins. Metabolism of amino acids, purines and pyrimidines. Roles of vitamins in biological tranformations. Respiration, muscular contraction. Prereq: CHEM 432
CHEM 452Colloids, Liquid Crystals and Bilayer ChemistryF 2C 0.5
The colloidal size range, the importance of the interface, classical studies on Browian motion, light scattering, the micelle formation of detergents in water and solubilisation. Phase diagrams of soaps and lipids and their study by X- ray diffraction and NMR. The biological membrane as an entity of colloidal size. The related spectroscopy, microscopy, etc. of lyotropic liquid crystals and bilayers.
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.
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 physicat manifestations of catalysis and the development of experimental techniques and theoretical methods for the measurement and elucidation of catalytic phenomena.
The nature of electronic structure and chemical bonding in H3 and other simple molecules and its implications for theories of chemicai reactions. Prereq: CHEM 355