The following course descriptions are for use of outside students taking Va Tech classes to transfer back to their home institution.
CHEM 2114 Analytical Chemistry |
| Review of Kinetics and Equilibria |
14% |
| Acid-Base Equilibrium |
7% |
| Buffers |
7% |
| Polyprotic Acids |
7% |
| Alpha Fractions; Activity |
7% |
| Titrations; Redox Chemistry |
7% |
| Electrochemistry |
14% |
| Solubility; Solubility Product |
7% |
| Complexation |
7% |
| Spectroscopy |
14% |
| Chromatography |
9% |
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CHEM 2514 Survey of Organic Chemistry |
| Structure & Properties of Organic Compounds |
10% |
| Alkanes & Cycloalkanes |
7% |
| Alkenes & Alkynes |
7% |
| Aromatic Compounds |
7% |
| Stereochemistry |
7% |
| Nucleophilic Substitution & Elimination Rxs. |
7% |
| Alcohols & Phenols |
7% |
| Ethers & Epoxides |
7% |
| Aldehydes & Ketones |
14% |
| Acids and Acid Derivatives |
14% |
| Fats, Oils, & Waxes |
3% |
| Nitrogen Compounds |
6% |
| Carbohydrates |
4% |
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CHEM 2535 Organic Chemistry
|
| Bonding |
7% |
| Alkanes & Cycloalkanes |
20% |
| Stereochemistry |
10% |
| Substitution Reactions |
10% |
| Elimination Reactions |
6% |
| Alcohols |
10% |
| Ethers |
7% |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance |
8% |
| Alkenes |
22% |
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CHEM 2536 Organic Chemistry |
| Alkynes |
6% |
| Delocalized Pi Systems |
6% |
| Aromaticity; Chemistry of Benzene |
12% |
| Aldehydes & Ketones |
8% |
| Enols and Enones |
8% |
| Acids |
8% |
| Acid Derivatives; Mass Spectrometry |
12% |
| Amines |
6% |
| Phenols; Aromatic Amines |
6% |
| Ester Enolates; beta-Dicarbonyl Compounds |
8% |
| Carbohydrates |
6% |
| Heterocycles |
4% |
| Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins |
10% |
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CHEM 2565 Principles of Organic Chemistry |
| Atomic and Molecular Structure |
7% |
| Alkanes |
7% |
| Alkenes and Alkynes |
7% |
| Stereochemistry |
14% |
| Rings |
7% |
| Substitution & Elimination Reactions |
20% |
| Equilibria |
7% |
| Addition Reactions: Alkenes |
14% |
| Radical Reactions |
10% |
| Dienes |
7% |
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CHEM 2566 Principles of Organic Chemistry |
| Benzene and Benzene Derivatives |
20% |
| Spectroscopy |
15% |
| Carbonyl Chemistry |
20% |
| Alcohols |
5% |
| Carboxylic Acids |
15% |
| Derivatives of Acids |
15% |
| Nitrogen Compounds |
10% |
CHEM 3114 Analytical Chemistry
for Life Sciences |
| Data Handling |
5% |
| Stoichiometric Calculations |
7% |
| Equilibrium |
7% |
| Acid-Base Equilibrium |
7% |
| Acid-Base Titrations |
7% |
| Complexametric Titrations |
7% |
| Electrochemistry |
7% |
| Potentiometry |
7% |
| Potentiometric Titrations |
7% |
| Spectrometry, Molecular and Atomic |
14% |
| Solvent Extractions |
7% |
| Chromatography |
12% |
| Clinical Chemistry |
3% |
| Environmental Analysis |
3% |
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CHEM 3616 Physical Chemistry
|
| Quantum Theory |
20% |
| Atomic Structure and Spectra |
10% |
| Molecular Structure; V.B. and M.O. Theory |
15% |
| Spectroscopy, Rotational & Vibrational |
15% |
| Electronic Spectroscopy |
10% |
| Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy |
15% |
| Chemical Kinetics |
15% |
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CHEM 3615 Physical Chemistry
|
| Gases |
10% |
| First Law; Work, Heat, Thermochemistry |
15% |
| First Law; State Functions |
10% |
| Second Law; Spontaneous Change |
15% |
| Combining First and Second Laws |
15% |
| Change of Phase; Surface Effects |
10% |
| Mixtures, Solutions; Activity |
10% |
| Phase Diagrams; the Phase Rule |
5% |
| Chemical Equilibrium |
10% |
CHEM 4114 Instrumental Analysis
|
| Statistics |
7% |
| Spectroscopy |
8% |
| Atomic Spectroscopy |
8% |
| Molecular Spectroscopy |
8% |
| Fluorescence |
7% |
| Chromatography |
20% |
| Electrophoresis |
7% |
| Electrochemistry |
20% |
| Mass Spectrometry |
15% |
| The laboratory portion of the course contains experiments
in spectroscopy,chromatography, electrochemistry, and mass spectrometry. |
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CHEM 4404 Physical Inorganic
Chemistry |
| Symmetry and Bonding |
33% |
| Coordination Chemistry |
33% |
| Fundamental Topics: Organometallics, Bioinorganic, Solid State |
34% |
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CHEM 4424 Descriptive Inorganic
Chemistry |
| Atomic and Molecular Structure |
20% |
| Alkali, Alkaline Earth Elements & Hydrogen |
10% |
| Metals & Transition Metals |
35% |
| Nonmetals |
35% |
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CHEM 4524 Identification of
Organic Compounds |
| Infrared Spectroscopy |
14% |
| Mass Spectrometry |
14% |
| Proton NMR |
15% |
| Carbon 13-NMR |
15% |
| Correlation NMR Spectroscopy |
14% |
| NMR of Other Important Nuclei |
14% |
| Misc Topics, NIR, UV, X-ray |
14% |
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CHEM 4534 Organic Chemistry
of Polymers |
| Introduction to Polymers |
7% |
| Step (Condensation) Polymerization |
25% |
| Radical Chain (Addition) Polymerization |
15% |
| Free Radical Copolymerization |
4% |
| Emulsion Free Radical Polymerization |
4% |
| Anionic Polymerization |
7% |
| Cationic Polymerization |
4% |
| Ring Opening Polymerization |
7% |
| Coordination Polymerization |
7% |
| Conducting Polymerization |
4% |
| Cellulose & Proteins |
7% |
| Block & Graft Copolymers |
4% |
| Polymer Reactions |
4% |
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| Introduction to Concepts of Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Action |
7% |
| Pharmacology and Physiology of the Central and Peripheral Nervous
Systems |
7% |
| Sedative-Hypnotics |
7% |
| Anticonvulsant Drugs |
7% |
| Anxiolytic and Neuroleptic Drugs |
8% |
| Antidepressants |
8% |
| Central Nervous System Stimulants and Anorectics |
8% |
| Drugs for the Treatment of Parkinson~Rs Disease and Alzheimers Disease |
8% |
| Narcotic Analgesics and Narcotic Antagonists |
8% |
| Analgesics and Antiinflammatory Drugs (NSAIDS) |
8% |
| Antihistamines |
8% |
| Antiulcer Drugs |
8% |
| Antibiotics, Chemotherapeutic Drugs, and Antiviral agents |
8% |
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CHEM 4615 Physical Chemistry
for the Life Sciences |
| Gas Laws and Gas Kinetics |
14% |
| First Law of Thermodynamics |
16% |
| Second Law of Thermodynamics |
14% |
| Free Energy and the Second Law |
14% |
| Equilibrium |
14% |
| Solutions |
14% |
| Electrochemistry |
14% |
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CHEM 4616 Physical Chemistry
for the Life Sciences |
| Rates of Reaction |
20% |
| Michaelis-Menton Kinetics |
10% |
| Atomic Structure |
20% |
| The Chemical Bond |
20% |
| Molecular Spectroscopy |
30% |
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CHEM 4634 Polymer and Surface
Chemistry |
| Adhesives & Sealants |
10% |
| Chemical Composition |
10% |
| Molecular Weight |
10% |
| Stereochemistry |
5% |
| Topology |
10% |
| Morphology |
10% |
| Surface Free Energy |
10% |
| Spread Monolayers |
10% |
| Absorption & Surface Area |
10% |
| Contact Angle |
10% |
| Electrical Double Layer |
5% |
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CHEM 4654 Adhesive and Sealant
Science |
| Synthesis of Polymeric Materials |
15% |
| Physical & Thermal Properties of Polymers |
25% |
| Surface Chemistry & Analysis |
20% |
| Fracture Mechanics & Durability |
25% |
| Wood Chemistry & Adhesion |
15% |
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CHEM 4734 Environmental Soil Chemistry
|
| Soil Chemical Reactions |
5% |
| Inorganic Soil Components |
10% |
| Soil Organic Matter |
15% |
| Soil/Solution Equilibria |
10% |
| Sorption Phenomena on Soils |
15% |
| Ion Exchange Processes |
10% |
| Kinetics of Soil Chemical Processes |
10% |
| Redox Chemistry of Soils |
10% |
| The Chemistry of Acidity |
10% |
| Saline and Sodic Soils |
5% |
