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CH 332 Physical Chemistry II
This text address group theory. Application of quantum mechanics to polyatomic molecules and molecular spectroscopy. Intermolecular forces and the gas, liquid and solid states. Distributions, ensembles and partition functions. Transport properties.
- Publisher
- Bethune-Cookman University
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
- Category
- Basic Sciences
Contents· 176 sections
- AGENDA
- Rethinking Hybridization
- Homework
- 01 Homework 1
- 01 Solutions 1
- 02 Homework 2
- 02 Solutions 2
- 03 Homework 3
- 03 Solutions 3
- 04 Homework 4
- 04 Solutions 4
- 05 Homework 5
- 05 Solutions 5
- 06 Solutions 6
- 06 Solutions 6a
- 07 Homework 7
- 07 Solutions 7
- 08 Homework 8
- 08 Solutions 8
- 09 Homework 9
- 09 Solutions 9
- 10 Homework 10
- 10 Solutions 10
- 11 Homework 11
- 11 Solutions 11
- 12 Homework 12
- 12 Solutions 12
- 13 Homework 13
- 13 Solutions 13
- 14 Homework 14
- 14 Solutions 14
- 15 Homework 15
- 15 Solutions 15
- Text
- 6: The Hydrogen Atom
- 6.0E: 6.E: The Hydrogen Atom (Exercises)
- 6.01: The Schrodinger Equation for the Hydrogen Atom Can Be Solved Exactly
- 6.02: The Wavefunctions of a Rigid Rotator are Called Spherical Harmonics
- 6.03: The Three Components of Angular Momentum Cannot be Measured Simultaneously with Arbitrary Precision
- 6.04: Hydrogen Atomic Orbitals Depend upon Three Quantum Numbers
- 6.05: s-orbitals are Spherically Symmetric
- 6.06: Orbital Angular Momentum and the p-Orbitals
- 6.07: The Helium Atom Cannot Be Solved Exactly
- 7: Approximation Methods
- 7.0E: 7.E: Approximation Methods (Exercises)
- 7.01: The Variational Method Approximation
- 7.02: Linear Variational Method and the Secular Determinant
- 7.03: Trial Functions Can Be Linear Combinations of Functions That Also Contain Variational Parameters
- 7.04: Perturbation Theory Expresses the Solutions in Terms of Solved Problems
- 8: Multielectron Atoms
- 8.0E: 8.E: Multielectron Atoms (Exercises)
- 8.01: Atomic and Molecular Calculations are Expressed in Atomic Units
- 8.02: Perturbation Theory and the Variational Method for Helium
- 8.03: Hartree-Fock Equations are Solved by the Self-Consistent Field Method
- 8.04: An Electron Has an Intrinsic Spin Angular Momentum
- 8.05: Wavefunctions must be Antisymmetric to Interchange of any Two Electrons
- 8.06: Antisymmetric Wavefunctions can be Represented by Slater Determinants
- 8.07: Hartree-Fock Calculations Give Good Agreement with Experimental Data
- 8.08: Term Symbols Gives a Detailed Description of an Electron Configuration
- 8.09: The Allowed Values of J - the Total Angular Momentum Quantum Number
- 8.10: Hund's Rules Determine the Term Symbols of the Ground Electronic States
- 8.11: Using Atomic Term Symbols to Interpret Atomic Spectra
- 9: Chemical Bonding in Diatomic Molecules
- 9.0E: 9.E: Chemical Bond in Diatomic Molecules (Exercises)
- 9.01: The Born-Oppenheimer Approximation Simplifies the Schrodinger Equation for Molecules
- 9.02: The H Prototypical Species
- 9.03: The Overlap Integral
- 9.04: Chemical Bond Stability
- 9.05: Bonding and Antibonding Orbitals
- 9.06: A Simple Molecular-Orbital Treatment of H Places Both Electrons in a Bonding Orbital
- 9.07: Molecular Orbitals Can Be Ordered According to Their Energies
- 9.08: Molecular-Orbital Theory Does not Predict a Stable Diatomic Helium Molecule
- 9.09: Electrons Populate Molecular Orbitals According to the Pauli Exclusion Principle
- 9.10: Molecular Orbital Theory Predicts that Molecular Oxygen is Paramagnetic
- 9.11: Photoelectron Spectra Support the Existence of Molecular Orbitals
- 9.12: Molecular-Orbital Theory Also Applies to Heteronuclear Diatomic Molecules
- 9.13: An SCF-LCAO-MO Wave Function Is a Molecular Orbital Formed from a Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals and Whose Coefficients Are Determined Self-Consistently
- 9.14: Molecular Term Symbols Describe Electronic States of Molecules
- 9.15: Molecular Term Symbols Designate Symmetry
- 9.16: Most Molecules Have Excited Electronic States
- 10: Bonding in Polyatomic Molecules
- 10.1: Hybrid Orbitals Account for Molecular Shape
- 10.2: Different Hybrid Orbitals Used for Bonding in Water
- 10.3: Why is BeH2 Linear and H2O Bent
- 10.4: Photoelectron Spectroscopy
- 10.5: The Pi-Electron Approximation of Conjugated Hydrocarbons
- 10.6: Butadiene is Stabilized by a Delocalization Energy
- 11: Computational Quantum Chemistry
- 11.0: Overview of Quantum Calculations
- 11.1: Gaussian Basis Sets
- 11.2: Extended Basis Sets
- 11.3: Orbital Polarization Terms
- 11.4: The Ground-State Energy of H2
- 11.5: Quantum Calculations
- 12: Group Theory - Exploiting Symmetry
- 12.1: Using Symmetry to Simplify Calculations
- 12.2: The Symmetry of Molecules
- 12.3: Symmetry Operations Define Groups
- 12.4: Symmetry Operations can be Represented by Matrices
- 12.5: The \(C 3V\) Point Group Has a 2-D Irreducible Representation
- 12.6: Character Tables
- 12.7: Relations involving Characters
- 12.8: Using Symmetry to Predict Zero in a Secular Determinant
- 12.9: Generating Operators for Irreducible Representations
- 13: Molecular Spectroscopy
- 13-01. Different Regions of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Are Used to Investigate Different Molecular Processes
- 13-02. Rotational Transitions Accompany Vibrational Transitions
- 13-03. Vibration-Rotation Interaction Accounts for the Unequal Spacing of the Lines in the P and R Branches of a Vibration-Rotation Spectrum
- 13-04. The Lines in a Pure Rotational Spectrum Are Not Equally Spaced
- 13-05. Overtones Are Observed in Vibrational Spectra
- 13-06. Electronic Spectra Contain Electronic Vibrational and Rotational Information
- 13-07. The Franck-Condon Principle Predicts the Relative Intensities of Vibronic Transitions
- 13-08. The Rotational Spectrum of a Polyatomic Molecule Depends Upon the Principal Moments of Inertia of the Molecule
- 13-09. The Vibrations of Polyatomic Molecules Are Represented by Normal Coordinates
- 13.10: Irreducible Representation of Point Groups
- 13.11: Time-Dependent Perturbation Theory
- 13.12: The Selection Rule for the Rigid Rotator
- 13.13: The Harmonic Oscillator Selection Rule
- 13.14: Group Theory Determines Infrared Activity
- 13.E: Molecular Spectroscopy (Exercises)
- 14: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
- 14.1: Nuclei Have Intrinsic Spin Angular Momenta
- 14.2: Magnetic Moments Interact with Magnetic Fields
- 14.3: Proton NMR Spectrometers Operate at Frequencies Between 60 MHz and 750 MHz
- 14.4: The Magnetic Field Acting upon Nuclei in Molecules Is Shielded
- 14.5: Chemical Shifts is Sensitive to Chemical Environment of the Nucleus
- 14.6: Spin-Spin Coupling Results in Multiplets in NMR Spectra
- 14.7: Spin-Spin Coupling Between Chemically Equivalent Protons Is Not Observed
- 14.8: The n 1 Rule Applies Only to First-Order Spectra
- 14.9: Second-Order Spectra Can Be Calculated Exactly Using the Variational Method
- 15: Lasers Laser Spectroscopy and Photochemistry
- 15.1: Electronically Excited Molecules
- 15.2: Transitions Modeled as Kinetics
- 15.3: Two-Level Systems Cannot Form Population Inversions
- 15.4: Population Inversion via Three-Level Systems
- 15.5: Laser Fundamentals
- 15.6: The Helium-Neon Laser
- 15.7: High-Resolution Laser Spectroscopy
- 15.8: Photochemical Dynamics
- 16: The Properties of Gases
- 16.01: Gases Behave Ideally if Dilute
- 16.2: van der Waals and Redlich-Kwong Equations
- 16.3: A Cubic Equation of State
- 16.4: The Law of Corresponding States
- 16.5: The Second Virial Coefficient
- 16.6: The Repulsive Term in the Lennard-Jones Potential
- 16.7: Van der Waals Constants in Terms of Molecular Parameters
- 16.E: The Properties of Gases (Exercises)
- 17: Boltzmann Factor and Partition Functions
- 17.01: The Boltzmann Factor Is One of the Most Important Quantities in the Physical Sciences
- 17.2: The Thermal Boltzman Distribution
- 17.3: We Postulate That the Average Ensemble Energy Is Equal to the Observed Energy of a System
- 17.4: The Heat Capacity at Constant Volume
- 17.5: Express the Pressure in Terms of a Partition Function
- 17.6: Partition Functions of Systems of Distinguishable Molecules are Products of Molecular Partition Functions
- 17.7: Partition Function of Indistinguishable Components
- 17.8: A Molecular Partition Function Can Be Decomposed into Partition Functions for Each Degree of Freedom
- 17.E: Exercises
- 18: Partition Functions and Ideal Gases
- 18.1: The Translational Partition Function of a Monatomic Ideal Gas
- 18.2: Most Atoms Are in the Ground Electronic State at Room Temperature
- 18.3: The Energy of a Diatomic Molecule Can Be Approximated as a Sum of Separate Terms
- 18.4: Most Molecules Are in the Ground Vibrational State at Room Temperature
- 18.5: Most Molecules Are in Excited Rotational States at Ordinary Temperatures
- 18.6: Rotational Partition Functions Contain a Symmetry Number
- 18.7: The Vibrational Partition Function
- 18.8: The Rotational Partition Function Depends on the Shape of the Molecule
- 18.9: Molar Heat Capacities
- 18.E: Partition Functions and Ideal Gases (Exercises)
- Workgroup Activities
- Workgroup 1: Valence Bond Orbitals for Hydrogen
- Workgroup 2: Symmetry and Assigning Point Groups
- Workgroup 3: Using Symmetry to Solve Integrals
- Workgroup 4: Deriving Selection Rules with Symmetry
- Workgroup 5: Translation Partition Function
- Workgroup 6: Rotational Partition Functions