Group theory:
- Theorems of linear algebra
- Time-independent and time-dependent perturbation theory
- Discrete and Continuous Groups, Group multiplication tables, Generators
- Symmetry Elements, Symmetry Operations and Point Groups
- Reducible and Irreducible Representations, the Great Orthogonality Theorem and Character Tables
- Projection Operators and symmetry-adapted linear combinations
- Selection Rules for Molecular Spectroscopy
- Electron Density, Structure Factor, Density Matrix, Density Operator and Bloch equations
Molecular Spectroscopy:
- Microwave spectroscopy
- IR spectroscopy of organic molecules
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Atomic and molecular spectroscopy
- UV-Vis spectroscopy of organic molecules
- Detection of functional groups of organic molecules by IR spectroscopy (labs)
- UV-Vis Spectroscopy of various Organic Molecules (labs).
- NMR spectroscopy
- Mass spectrometry
- Moessbauer spectroscopy
Textbooks:
- F. A. Cotton, Chemical Applications of Group Theory (Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1976)
- B. S. Garg, Chemical Applications of Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory (MacMillan India, 2012)
- E. B. Wilson, J. C. Decius and P. C. Cross, Molecular Vibrations: The Theory of Infrared and Raman Vibrational Spectra (Dover, New York, 1955)
- J. I. Steinfeld, Molecules and Radiation: An Introduction to Modern Molecular Spectroscopy (MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1979)
- H. Weyl, The Theory of Groups and Quantum Mechanics (Dover, New York, 1950)
- C. N. Banwell, Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy (Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 1987)
- N. Sukumar, ed. A Matter of Density: Exploring the Electron Density Concept in the Chemical, Biological, and Materials Sciences (John Wiley, Hoboken, NJ, 2013)
- S.K. Dewan, Organic Spectroscopy (CBS Publishers).
Course Code:
CHY512
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4.00
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