Course code:
1231H		 Course name:
Theory of Chemical Bonding

Academic year:

2012/2013.

Attendance requirements:

1001A + 1011A + 1101A

ECTS:

7

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Chemistry: 3. year, winter semester, compulsory course

Teacher:

Mario V. Zlatović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Željko J. Vitnik, Ph.D.
research associate, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoševa 12, Beograd

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures + two hours of exercises (3+2+0)

Goals:

In the course of this subject students will be prepared to fully understand the meaning of terms concerning Chemical structure, Electron density distribution, and Reactivity of molecules, which are used in all other study subjects and courses.

Outcome:

Students, unaided, will be able to calculate molecular orbitals of simpler molecules using most simple quantum mechanical methods. Student will be familiarized with scope and limitations of the Q-M methods that are nowadays widely used.

Teaching methods:

Teaching modes: lectures, theoretical/computational exercises, seminars.

Extracurricular activities:

Out-of-classroom activities: Seminal work has to be prepared and written at home and/or in computer laboratory. Students are invited to contact (for consultancy) professor or assistant, at least once a week.

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  • Ivan Juranić: The Chemical Bond (Hemijska veza), Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade, 1998.
  • Ivan Juranić and Svetozar Niketić: Collection of Problems in the Theory of Chemical Bond (Zbirka problema iz teorije hemijske veze) (http://www.chem.bg.ac.rs/~ijuranic/ZBIRKA.PDF)

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • John N.Murrell, Sydney F. A. Kettle, John M.Tedder: The Chemical Bond
  • Drago Grdenić: Molekule i kristali, Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2000.
  • Web pages concerning chemical bond(ing)

Additional material:

http://www.chem.bg.ac.rs/~ijuranic/ZBIRKA.PDF

  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Exercises:

0 points (2 hours a week)

Semester papers:

20 points

Colloquia:

40 points

Written exam:

30 points