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Chemistry Courses
 
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Chemistry 020, General Chemistry
Description: A survey of the basic principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry, atomic and molecular structure, thermochemistry, gases, solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, oxidation-reduction, acid-base concepts and calculations, and fundamentals of organic chemistry. Intended for students who have OAC Chemistry or Grade 12U (SCH4U) Chemistry, with a mark of 80% or above.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 021, Chemistry 023, Chemistry 024a/b.
Prerequisite(s): OAC Chemistry or Grade 12U (SCH4U) Chemistry.
2 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/tutorial hours, 1.0 course.
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Chemistry 023, General Chemistry
Description: Content similar to Chemistry 020, but intended for students who do not have an OAC Chemistry or Grade 12U (SCH4U) Chemistry, or who have OAC Chemistry or Grade 12U (SCH4U) Chemistry with a mark less than 80%. (Those having a mark of 80% or over in OAC Chemistry or Grade 12U (SCH4U) Chemistry may only take this course with the permission of the Department of Chemistry).
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 020, Chemistry 021, Chemistry 024a/b.
3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/tutorial hours, 1.0 course.
Note: Grade 11 or SCH3U Chemistry is a minimum recommended preparation for this course.
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Chemistry 024a/b, Chemistry for Engineers
Description: This course provides a basic understanding of the following topics: gas laws; chemical equilibrium; acid-base equilibria; thermodynamics and thermochemistry; chemical kinetics; electrochemistry. Restricted to students in Engineering and Geophysics programs.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 020, Chemistry 021, Chemistry 023.
Prerequisite(s): OAC Chemistry or Grade 12 U (SCH4U) Chemistry.
3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory/tutorial hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 025, Chemisty and You
Description: Making chemistry relevant in everyday life. Chemistry that affects the air and water, life and death, what you eat, drink and wear, and all that goes on around you. This course is primarily intended for students in Faculties other than science. No background knowledge in science or math is required. Note: This course will require some basic computer skills and access to WebCt.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 020, 023, 024a/b or the former 21.
The equivalent of 3 lecture hours per week, offered online only, plus one 3 hour tutorial/demonstration every other week. 1.0 course
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Chemistry 210a/b, Chemistry of the Environment
Description: The environmental chemistry of air, water, and soil.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 226a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020,023, or 024a/b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course
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Chemistry 211a/b, Inorganic Elements in Life
Description: A discussion of the diverse roles of inorganic elements in the chemistry of life processes, with an emphasis on the chemistry of hydrogen, oxygen, and the cations of Groups 1 and 2. Bioenergetic processes, biomineralization and photosynthesis. The uptake, transport and storage of iron.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 271a, the former Chemistry 251.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020 or 023. (Grade 12U Biology, the former OAC Biology, or a Year 1 University Biology course is highly recommended as preparation for this course.)
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 213a/b, Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences
Description: An introduction to the basic concepts of structure, stereochemistry and reactions in organic chemistry with an emphasis on its connections to the biological, health or medical sciences.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 273a, the former Chemistry 253.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020, 023 or 024a/b.
3 lecture hours, 1.5 laboratory hours (3 hours every other week) 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 214a/b, Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences
Description: Basic thermodynamic concepts and relations and illustration of their relevance and applications to biological systems. In addition, some aspects of electrochemistry, and spectroscopic techniques will be introduced, again with emphasis on the role of these techniques in understanding the structure and nature of important biological molecules.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 274a, the former Chemistry 254, 224a or 234b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020 or 023; Mathematics 030 or Calculus 050a/b plus one of 051a/b, 081a/b, 091a/b or Linear Algebra 040a/b, or Applied Mathematics 026.
3 lecture hours, 1.5 laboratory hours (3 hours every other week) 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 223b, Organic Chemistry of Biological Molecules
Description: An examination of the chemistry of naturally occurring molecules, emphasizing organic compounds of importance in the Biological and Health Sciences.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 283G, the former Chemistry 253.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 213a/b.
3 lecture/tutorial hours, 1.5 laboratory hours (3 hours every other week), 0.5 course.
Intended primarily for students in Biology, and students interested in the Health or Medical Sciences.
Note: The combination of Chemistry 213a/b and Chemistry 223b provides the equivalent of a full course in Organic Chemistry with a laboratory, which is a prerequisite for some professional programs.
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Chemistry 271a, Structure and Bonding in Inorganic Chemistry
Description: An overview of the Periodic Table, stressing trends in properties of the elements and their compounds; principles of ionic and covalent bonding; molecular orbital theory of simple molecules; solution and solid state chemistry of Group 1 and 2 compounds, with examples relevant to biology and everyday life.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 211a/b, the former Chemistry 251.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020 with a minimum mark of 60% or Chemistry 023 with a minimum mark of 70%.
3 lecture hours per week, 1.5 laboratory hours (3 hours every other week), 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 272F, Introductory Analytical Chemistry
Description: This course emphasizes the quantitative aspects of chemistry. Starting with classical measurements of volumes and masses, the course will develop statistical tools of estimation, confidence, accuracy, and precision in treating experimental data. This includes an introduction to instrumental methods of analysis.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 322.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020 or 023.
3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 273a, Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Spectroscopy
Description: Introduction to 3D structure, spectroscopy and chemical reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, benzene, and alkyl halides. Introduction to reaction mechanisms and the interpretation of IR and NMR spectra. Laboratory: techniques of experimental organic chemistry; illustrative preparations of organic compounds.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 213a/b, the former Chemistry 253.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020 with a minimum mark of 60% or Chemistry 023 with a minimum mark of 70%.
3 lecture hours, 1.5 laboratory hours/week (3 hours every other week), 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 274a, Microscopic Physical Chemistry
Description: Kinetic theory of gases is introduced, including velocity distributions, mean free path, collision rates and transport properties. Quantum mechanics is introduced to calculate energy levels for particles, rigid rotors and harmonic oscillators. The Boltzmann distribution law is used to study the population of molecular energy levels.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 214a/b; the former Chemistry 254, 224a or 234b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 020 with a minimum mark of 60% or Chemistry 023 with a minimum mark of 70%; Calculus 050a/b plus one of Calculus 051a/b, 081a/b, 091a/b or Linear Algebra 040a/b (with an average in the two of at least 60%), or Applied Mathematics 026 with a minimum mark of 60%, or Mathematics 030, with a minimum mark of 80%.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 281G, Inorganic Chemistry of the Main Group Elements
Description: Comparison of the structure and solution chemistry of the main group elements and their oxides, halides and hydrides; examples of these compounds in the world around us, with a discussion of the chemical principles involved; Molecular Orbital Theory of polyatomic molecules; metallic bonding and semiconductors.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 251.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 271a; or Chemistry 211a/b with a minimum mark of 80%.
3 lecture hours; 3 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 283G, Organic Chemistry II: Mechanisms and Reactivity
Description: Introduction to structure, spectroscopy and reactions of alcohols and derivatives, aromatic compounds and carbonyl compounds with an emphasis on reaction mechanisms and synthesis. Techniques of experimental organic chemistry will be introduced in the laboratory; illustrative preparations.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 223b, the former Chemistry 253.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 273a, or Chemistry 213a/b with a minimum mark of 80%.
3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 284b, Macroscopic Physical Chemistry
Description: An introduction to chemical thermodynamics, with applications to thermochemistry, phase equilibria, colligative properties, chemical reactions and electrochemical cells. Statistical thermodynamics is introduced to give a molecular interpretation of energy, entropy, heat capacity and other bulk properties of matter.
Antirequisite(s): Chemistry 214a/b, the former Chemistry 224a, 234b, 254.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 274a.
3 lecture hours, 1.5 laboratory hours/week (3 hours every other week), 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 300F/G, Computer Methods in Chemistry
Description: An introduction to the use of computer based tools available in Chemistry. Topics include: molecular modeling, electronic data bases and data mining in chemistry, data analysis and presentation and computational mathematical tools for chemistry.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 272F, 281G, 283G and 284b, or the former Chemistry 251, 253 and 254.
6 lecture/laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 320a/b, Polymer Chemistry
Description: A comprehensive treatment of the preparation and uses of polymers, and their chemical and physical properties in the solid state and in solution.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 378b.
Prerequisite(s): Either Chemistry 273a and 283b or Chemistry 213a/b, or the former Chemistry 253; either Chemistry 284b or 214a/b, or the former Chemistry 254.
3 lecture hours, 2 laboratory hours (4 lab hours every other week), 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 330F/G, Industrial Chemistry
Description: Industrial applications of chemistry including a survey of the chemical industry and its principal products; mass and energy balances as applied to chemical processes and the comparative economics of chemical processes will be discussed.
Antirequisite(s): CBE 216, or the former Chemistry 358a/b.
Prerequisite(s): either Chemistry 273a and 283G or Chemistry 213a/b, or the former Chemistry 253; either Chemistry 284b or 214a/b, or the former Chemistry 254.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 364a/b, Physical Chemistry of Materials
Description: An introduction to the physical properties and application of materials of interest in modern physical chemistry.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 214a/b or 284b, or the former Chemistry 254, or the former Chemistry 224a and 234b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 370a/b, Organic and Inorganic Structure Elucidation
Description: Structure determination using common spectroscopic methods including vibrational and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy as well as mass spectrometry and x-ray crystallography.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 352a.
Prerequisite(s): either Chemistry 273a and 283G or Chemistry 213a/b, or the former Chemistry 253; either Chemistry 271a and 281G or Chemistry 211a/b,or the former Chemistry 251.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 371F, Transition Metal Chemistry
Description: The study of the effects of the electronic structure of transition metals on their properties, including coordination chemistry, electronic spectra, magnetic properties, and reactions. Introduction to organometallic chemistry. The laboratory experiments illustrate and amplify concepts discussed in the lectures.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 321a/b or 351a.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 271a and 281G, or the former Chemistry 251.
3 lecture hours, 4 laboratory hours 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 372F/G, Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
Description: This course deals with the principles and fundamentals of modern instrumentation in chemical analysis. The content involves quantitative analytical separation and spectroscopy, theoretical and practical aspects of instrumental techniques, and determination of metals and small molecules.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 322 or 362b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 272F, or the former Chemistry 352a and 353a. Note: Students enrolled in the old degree programs who have not taken Chemistry 272a should consult the Department.
3 lecture hours, 4 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 373F, Organic Chemistry III: Reactions and Strategies for Synthesis
Description: An intermediate level course in organic chemistry designed to complete the core requirements in organic chemistry. The major topics include: concepts of organic synthesis, radical chemistry, the chemistry of beta-dicarbonyls, amines, heterocycles, cycloadditions and pericyclic reactions.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 323a or 353a.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 273a and 283G, or the former Chemistry 253.
3 lecture hours, 4 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 374a/b, Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Description: Quantum mechanics is required to understand systems at the atomic and electronic level. This course is an introduction to quantum mechanics and its applications in chemistry. Quantum mechanics is used to solve a variety of problems of chemical interest with emphasis on relating the results to common spectroscopic methods.
Antirequisite(s): Physics 351a, the former Chemistry 324a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 284b, or the former Chemistry 254, 224a and 234b.
3 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 384F/G, Kinetics and Transport Processes
Description: An introduction to the properties of aqueous solutions and chemical kinetics. Topics include: solvent-ion interactions and their influence on ideality; ionic conductivity; chemical and ionic diffusion; viscosity; the properties of electrochemical cells; chemical kinetics of gas, solution, chain, surface and electrochemical reactions.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 324a or 354b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 274a and Chemistry 284b, or the former Chemistry 254.
3 lecture hours, 4 laboratory hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 391a/b, Bioinorganic Chemistry
Description: The role of the chemical elements and their compounds in biology. The emphasis will be on the functional and mechanistic aspects of the biological chemistry of the metallic elements. The toxicology and medicinal chemistry of metal ions will also be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 371F, or the former Chemistry 351a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 393a/b, Medicinal Chemistry
Description: Ideas of enzyme action and metabolic patterns provide a framework for understanding the origins of medicinally useful natural products and the rationale for proceeding from natural lead compounds to pharmaceuticals. Chemical and biological constraints on drug structure. Drug discovery process. Classes of medicinal chemicals.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 273a and 283G, or Chemistry 213a/b and 223b, or the former Chemistry 253.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 400a/b, Current Topics in Chemistry
Description: Selected topics of current interest in chemistry.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 371F, 373F and 374a/b, or the former 351a, 353a and 374a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 441a/b, Inorganic Macromolecules
Description: The importance of inorganic and organometallic complexes in macromolecular science. The emphasis will be on the role metal complexes play in controlling the properties of macromolecules, the design of specialty polymers incorporating metal centres in the polymer chain, and the numerous roles of (non-carbon based) main-group polymers.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 371F, or the former Chemistry 351a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 444a/b, Computer Simulations in Chemistry
Description: Computer simulations using methods based on the theory of statistical mechanics allow computations of physical properties of any state of matter and study of chemical transformations. In the course, applications of Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo techniques will be discussed as well as the underlying theory of Statistical Mechanics.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 464a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 374a/b or 384F/G, or the former Chemistry 354a/b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 Course.
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Chemistry 466b, The Evolution of Chemical Thought
Description: An introduction to the history of chemical concepts, with emphasis on the formulation of specific concepts and their evolution through to the modern era.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 371F and 373F or the former Chemistry 351a or 353a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 471a/b, Transition Metals and Catalysis
Description: This course covers the fundamental basis of homogeneous catalysis using transition metal complex catalysts, illustrated by important industrial processes. It also treats heterogeneous and hybrid catalysts.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 461a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 371F, or the former Chemistry 351a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 472a/b, Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Description: This course encompasses selected topics at the advanced level of analytical sciences. They include an introduction to chemometrics; advanced theory and practice of high-resolution separation techniques; recent advances in analytical electrochemistry, spectroscopy and microscopy; instrumentation and its applications in research.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 372F/G, or the former Chemistry 362b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 473a/b, Modern Chemical Synthesis
Description: The tools and insight needed to design successful synthetic routes to complex organic molecules. The student will identify and design synthetic routes for key structural elements and be introduced to synthetic methods in a setting of problem solving and discussion.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 373F, or the former Chemistry 353a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 474a/b, Advanced Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Description: Applications of quantum mechanics to atomic and molecular spectroscopy, including magnetic resonance, rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopies of molecules.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 374a/b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 481a/b, Solid-state Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
Description: A discussion of the structures and bonding in inorganic solids as well as of their physical and chemical properties. Links to practically important inorganic materials and solid-state devices will also be discussed.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 371F, or the former Chemistry 351a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 483a/b, Elucidation of Organic and Bioorganic Mechanisms
Description: Techniques for diagnosing and testing mechanisms of chemical reactions, with an emphasis on organic and bioorganic examples: kinetics, activation parameters, Bronsted catalysis law, Hammett and Taft relations, Marcus Theory, kinetic isotope effects, solvent effects. An introduction to pericyclic reactions with a discussion of aromaticity and orbital symmetry.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 453a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 373F, or the former Chemistry 353a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 490E, Research Project
Description: Under the supervision of a chemistry faculty member, students will choose, and work on, an independent research project, submit reports, write a thesis describing research findings and present a seminar. Topics discussed at monthly meetings include: skills for writing technical reports, post-graduation employment and study opportunities, and job application strategies.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the courses required for a Major in Chemistry and registration in a Specialization in Chemistry, Honors Specialization in Chemistry, or Honors Specialization in Biochemistry and Chemistry.
Typically taken in the final year. Permission of the Department is required.
12 hours, 1.0 course.
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Chemistry 493a/b, Chemistry of Biological Macromolecules
Description: A survey of the chemistry of monosaccharides, amino acid and nucleosides with modern synthetic methods to oligosaccharides, polypeptides and polynucleotides.
Antirequisite(s): The former Chemistry 463a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 373F, or the former Chemistry 353a.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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Chemistry 494a/b, Biophysical Chemistry
Description: A comprehensive overview of the physical principles underlying the structure, function, and dynamics of biological macromolecules. Topics to be covered include: optical properties of biopolymers; structure determination methods; thermodynamic aspects of inter- and intramolecular (noncovalent) interactions; protein folding; biomembranes and membrane potential; transport processes in biological systems.
Antirequisite(s): Biochemistry 440F, the former Chemistry 455a/b.
Prerequisite(s): Chemistry 374a/b.
3 lecture hours, 0.5 course.
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