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A course for first and second year graduate students focusing on protein and nucleic acid structure and function. Topics include: physical basis for structures, tools used in structure determination such as x-ray crystallography, NMR, and circular dichroism as well as structure prediction, visualization and design. Prerequisites: One full year of undergraduate organic chemistry.

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Introduction to quantum mechanics and its application to chemical problems; electronic structure of atoms and molecules, molecular orbital theory, chemical bonding, potential energy surfaces, and molecular spectroscopy. Prerequisite: CHEM 476 or equivalent .

Mechanisms of some important organic reactions. Topics covered may include application of qualitative molecular orbital theory to pericyclic reactions, free radical chemistry, photochemistry, heterocyclic systems, cationic and anionic reactions.

Basic atomic structure concepts; stereochemical principles and bonding models applied to main group and transition metal compounds and to the structure of solids. Includes elementary molecular orbital and ligand field theory, and kinetics and reaction mechanisms of d-block complexes. Descriptions of metal-metal bonded and organometallic systems. Structure and bonding principles applied to catalytic and biological system reactivity. Prerequisites: CHEM 241/341, 476.

An independent research project supervised by a professor chosen by student. Early in semester a thesis proposal is written, approved by a thesis committee and submitted to the Commonwealth College Office. About 3-4 hours of lab per week per credit. Continued as 499T subsequent semester. Prerequisites: faculty sponsor approval and 3.2 average.

Continuation of CHEM 499Y in which experimental part of course is completed, thesis is written, oral presentation of the work given to the Thesis Committee, and accepted thesis presented to the Commonwealth College Office. Prerequisite: CHEM 499Y.

For fourth year students. Does not satisfy the B.S. independent research project requirement. Experimental or theoretical study that may involve lab or library work or a combination. Work supervised by faculty sponsor who determines direction of project, nature of reports required, and grade and credit awarded. 3-4 hrs lab work per week per 1 unit is expected. This course cannot substitute for CHEM 388 or CHEM 499Y/T.