CHEM 1201 Group Syllabus

Summer 1998 revision

Textbook: Chemistry: The Central Science, Brown, LeMay & Bursten, Seventh Edition, Prentice Hall

Chapter 1: Introduction: Matter & Measurement

• Students are responsible for reading & understanding chapter 1

Chapter 2: Atoms, Molecules & Ions

• Students are responsible for reading & understanding sections 2.1-2.2

3. Modern View of Atomic Structure
4. Periodic Table
5. Molecules & Molecular Compounds
6. Ions & Ionic Compounds
7. Naming Inorganic Compounds (skip naming of acids)

Chapter 3: Stoichiometry

1. Chemical Equations
2. Patterns of Chemical Reactivity
3. Atomic & Molecular Weights
4. The Mole
5. Empirical Formulas from Analysis
6. Quantitative Information from Balanced Equations
7. Limiting Reagents

Chapter 4: Aqueous Reactions & Solution Stoichiometry

1. Solution Composition
2. Properties of Solutes in Aqueous Solution
3. Acids, Bases & Salts
4. Ionic Equations
5. Metathesis Reactions (precipitation, solubility rules)
6. Introduction to Oxidation Reduction Reactions (skip activity series)
7. Solution Stoichiometry & Chemical Analysis

Chapter 6: Electronic Structure of Atoms

1. The Wave Nature of Light
2. Quantized Energy & Photons
3. Bohr’s Model of the Hydrogen Atom
4. The Wave Nature of Light
5. Quantum Mechanics & Atomic Orbitals
6. Representation of Orbitals
7. Orbitals in Many Electron Atoms
8. Electron Configurations
9. Electron Configurations & the Periodic Table

Chapter 7: Periodic Properties of the Elements

1. Development of the Periodic Table
2. Electron Shells & the Sizes of Atoms
3. Ionization Energy
4. Electron Affinities
5. Metals, Non-Metals & Metalloids
6. Group Trends for the Active Metals
7. Group Trends for Selected Nonmetals

Chapter 8: Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding

1. Lewis Symbols and the Octet Rule
2. Ionic Bonding (skip quantitative aspects of Born-Haber cycle & lattice energies)
3. Sizes of Ions
4. Covalent Bonding
5. Bond Polarity & Electronegativity
6. Drawing Lewis Dot Structures
7. Resonance Structures
8. Exceptions to Octet Rule
9. Strengths of Covalent Bonds
10. Oxidation Numbers

Chapter 9: Molecular Geometry & Bonding Theories

1. Molecular Shapes
2. VSEPR Model
3. Polarity of Molecules
4. Covalent Bonding & Orbital Overlap
5. Hybrid Orbitals

Chapter 10: Gases

1. Characteristics of Gases
2. Pressure (students should review section 10.3 on other gas laws)
3. Ideal Gas Law
4. Further Applications of the Ideal Gas Law
5. Gas Mixtures & Partial Pressures
6. Kinetic Molecular Theory
7. Molecular Effusion & Diffusion

Chapter 11: Intermolecular Forces, Liquids & Solids

1. A Molecular Comparison of Liquids & Solids
2. Intermolecular Forces
3. Some Properties of Liquids
4. Phase Changes
5. Vapor Pressure

Chapter 13: Properties of Solutions

1. Ways of Expressing Concentration
2. Saturated Solutions & Solubilities
3. Factors Affecting Solubility
4. Colligative Properties