Quantum Chemistry of Atoms and Molecules

Week 1: Black body radiation. Failure of classical mechanics. Marsden experiment and Rutherford theory. Week 2: Hydrogen atom spectrum. Bohr Sommerfeld theory. Uncertainty principle. Wave particle duality.Week 3: Schrodinger equation. Born approximation.Week 4: Postulates of quantum mechanics. Introduction to operator algebra.Week 5: Origin of quantization: Particle in a box, particle in a ring.Week 6: Hydrogen atom.Week 7: Atomic orbitals. Orbital approximation and its limitation. Effective nuclear charge.Week 8: Introduction to spin. Slater determinants. Self consistent fields.Week 9: Valence bond and molecular orbital theories. Molecular orbitals of homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomic molecules. Week 10:VSEPR. Molecular orbital and Valence bond approaches to polyatomic molecules. Hybrid orbitals.Week 11:Huckel theory.Week 12:Introduction to approximation methods. Scope of further study.