Text Box: Chemical Kinetics – MSc Course

Course prerequisites: Advanced Physical Chemistry

This course is an introduction to chemical kinetics and mechanisms from theoretical and experimental points of view.

Course Outline:

·         Part 1: Fundamental Concepts of Kinetics

·         Part 2: Kinetics of More Complex Systems

·         Part 3: Techniques and Methods

·         Part 4: Theories of Reaction Rate

·         Part 5: Reactions in Solution

·         Part 6: Potential Energy Surfaces

·         Part 7: Reactions on Surface

·         Part 8: Enzymatic Reactions


Grading Policy:

·         Midterm Exams (2): 40%

·         Homework and Quizzes: 20%

·         Final Exam: 40%


Course Format:

·         Lectures: 1.5 sessions per week (2 sessions in one week and 1 session in the next week) for 16 weeks, totaling 24 sessions

·         Problem-solving sessions: Every few weeks

·         Exams: Midterms and a comprehensive final


Course Materials:

·         [1] J.I. Steinfeld, J.S. Francisco, W.L. Hase, Chemical kinetics and dynamics, Prentice-Hall, 1989.

·         [2] M.R. Wright, Fundamental chemical kinetics: an explanatory introduction to the concepts, Elsevier, 1999.

·         [3] L.G. Arnaut, S.J. Formosinho, H. Burrows, Chemical kinetics: from molecular structure to chemical reactivity, Elsevier, 2006.

·         [4] S.K. Upadhyay, Chemical kinetics and reaction dynamics, Springer, 2007.

·         [5] J.E. House, Principles of chemical kinetics, Academic Press, 2007.


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Subject

Reference

1

Rates of Reactions; Dependence of Rates on Concentration (First-, Second-, Zero-, Nth-Order Reactions)

[5]

2

Cautions on Treating Kinetic Data; Effect of Temperature

[5]

3

Second-Order Reaction (First-Order in Two Components); Third-Order Reactions

[5]

4

Parallel Reactions; Series First-Order Reactions

[5]

5

Series Reactions with Two Intermediates; Reversible Reactions

[5]

6

Autocatalysis; Effect of Temperature

[5]

7

Problem Solving – Chapters 1 and 2

[5]

8

Techniques: Rate Constants, Half-Lives, Initial Rates, Flooding, Logarithmic Method

[5]

9

Effect of Pressure

[5]

10

Equilibrium and Rate of Reaction; Statistical Mechanics of Equilibrium and Activated Complex

[4]

11

Collision Theory and Its Components; Weaknesses of the Theory

[4]

12

Transition State Theory – Thermodynamic and Partition Function Approaches

[4]

13

Comparison of TST with Arrhenius and Collision Theory; Reactions Between Polyatomic Molecules

[4]

14

Problem Solving – Chapters 3 and 4

[4]

15

Midterm Examination

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16

Long-Range Potentials; Empirical Intermolecular Potentials

[1]

17

Bonding Potentials; Internal Coordinates and Vibrational Modes

[1]

18

Potential Energy Surface Diagrams, Types and Features

[2]

19

Terminology of Enzymatic Reactions; Michaelis–Menten Equation

[3]

20

Mechanisms with Two Enzyme–Substrate Complexes

[3]

21

Enzyme Inhibition

[3]

22

Effects of pH and Temperature on Enzyme Catalysis

[3]

23

Surface Adsorption and Isotherms (Langmuir, Dissociation, Competitive)

[3]

24

Surface Kinetics: Unimolecular and Bimolecular Reactions, Activation Energies

[3]