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Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09
Stanford Bulletin, Archive 2008-09
Graduate courses in Chemistry
Primarily for graduate students; undergraduates may enroll with consent of instructor.
CHEM 200. Research and Special Advanced Work
Qualified graduate students undertake research or advanced lab work not covered by listed courses under the direction of a member of the teaching staff. For research and special work, students register for 200.
1-15 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
CHEM 221. Advanced Organic Chemistry
Molecular orbital theory and orbital symmetry. Thermochemistry and thermochemical kinetics. Unimolecular reaction rate theory. Methods of determining organic reaction mechanisms from a theoretical and experimental point of view. Prerequisites: 137, 175.
3 units, Aut (Du Bois, J)
CHEM 223. Advanced Organic Chemistry
Continuation of 221 with emphasis on physical methods. Prerequisite: 221 or consent of instructor.
3 units, Win (Trost, B)
CHEM 225. Advanced Organic Chemistry
Continuation of 223. Organic reactions, new synthetic methods, conformational analysis, and exercises in the syntheses of complex molecules. Prerequisite: 223 or consent of instructor.
3 units, Spr (Wender, P)
CHEM 227. Topics in Organic Chemistry
Possible topics: synthetic organic chemistry, photochemistry, inorganic-organic chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, structural chemistry of organic and biological molecules. May be repeated for credit.
3 units, Aut (Du Bois, J)
CHEM 229. Organic Chemistry Seminar
Required of graduate students majoring in organic chemistry. Students giving seminars register for 231.
1 unit, Aut (Kool, E), Win (Kool, E), Spr (Kool, E)
CHEM 231. Organic Chemistry Seminar Presentation
Required of graduate students majoring in organic chemistry for the year in which they present their organic seminar. Second-year students must enroll all quarters.
1 unit, Aut (Waymouth, R), Win (Waymouth, R), Spr (Waymouth, R)
CHEM 233A. Creativity in Organic Chemistry
Required of second- and third-year Ph.D. candidates in organic chemistry. The art of formulating, writing, and orally defending a research progress report (A) and two research proposals (B, C). Second-year students register for A and B; third-year students register for C.
1 unit, Aut (Waymouth, R)
CHEM 233B. Creativity in Organic Chemistry
Required of second- and third-year Ph.D. candidates in organic chemistry. The art of formulating, writing, and orally defending a research progress report (A) and two research proposals (B, C). Second-year students register for A and B; third-year students register for C.
1 unit, Spr (Waymouth, R)
CHEM 233C. Creativity in Organic Chemistry
Required of second- and third-year Ph.D. candidates in organic chemistry. The art of formulating, writing, and orally defending a research progress report (A) and two research proposals (B, C). Second-year students register for A and B; third-year students register for C.
1 unit, Spr (Waymouth, R)
CHEM 235. Applications of NMR Spectroscopy
The uses of NMR spectroscopy in chemical and biochemical sciences, emphasizing data acquisition for liquid samples and including selection, setup, and processing of standard and advanced experiments.
3 units, Win (Lynch, S)
CHEM 237. Electrochemistry
Principles of electrochemistry and their application to redox systems, electron transfer, electroanalysis, electrodeposition, electrocatalysis, batteries, and fuel cells. Prerequisite: 171 or equivalent.
3 units, Win (Chidsey, C)
CHEM 251. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Chemical reactions of inorganic compounds with focus on mechanisms of reactions mediated by inorganic and organometallic complexes. The structural and electronic basis of reactivity including oxidation and reduction; kinetics and thermodynamics of inorganic reactions. Prerequisite: one year of physical chemistry.
3 units, not given this year
CHEM 253. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Electronic structure and physical properties of transition metal complexes. Ligand field and molecular orbital theories, magnetism and magnetic susceptibility, electron paramagnetic resonance including hyperfine interactions and zero field splitting and electronic absorption spectroscopy including vibrational interactions. Prerequisite: 153 or the equivalent.
3 units, Win (Solomon, E)
CHEM 255. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
(Same as CHEM 155.) Chemical reactions of organotransition metal complexes and their role in homogeneous catalysis. Analogous patterns among reactions of transition metal complexes in lower oxidation states. Physical methods of structure determination. Prerequisite: one year of physical chemistry.
3 units, Spr (Waymouth, R)
CHEM 258A. Research Progress in Inorganic Chemistry
Required of all second-, third-, and fourth-year Ph.D. candidates in inorganic chemistry. Students present their research progress in written and oral forms (A); present a seminar in the literature of the field of research (B); and formulate, write, and orally defend a research proposal (C). Second-year students register for A; third-year students register for B; fourth-year students register for C. A: Win, B: Spr, C: Aut,
1 unit, Win (Yandulov, D)
CHEM 258B. Research Progress in Inorganic Chemistry
Required of second-, third-, and fourth-year Ph.D. candidates in inorganic chemistry. Students present their research progress in written and oral forms (A); present a seminar in the literature of the field of research (B); and formulate, write, and orally defend a research proposal (C). Second-year students register for A; third-year students register for B; fourth-year students register for C. A: Win, B: Spr, C: Aut, Win
1 unit, Spr (Yandulov, D)
CHEM 258C. Research Progress in Inorganic Chemistry
Required of all second-, third-, and fourth-year Ph.D. candidates in inorganic chemistry. Students present their research progress in written and oral forms (A); present a seminar in the literature of the field of research (B); and formulate, write, and orally defend a research proposal (C). Second-year students register for A; third-year students register for B; fourth-year students register for C. A: Win, B: Win, C: Aut, Win
1 unit, Aut (Yandulov, D), Win (Yandulov, D)
CHEM 259. Inorganic Chemistry Seminar
Required of graduate students majoring in inorganic chemistry.
1 unit, Aut (Solomon, E), Win (Solomon, E), Spr (Solomon, E)
CHEM 271. Advanced Physical Chemistry
The principles of quantum mechanics. General formulation, mathematical methods, and applications of quantum theory. Exactly solvable problems and approximate methods including time independent perturbation theory and the variational method. Time dependent methods including exactly solvable problems, time dependent perturbation theory, and density matrix formalism. Different representations of quantum theory including the Schrödinger, matrix, and density matrix methods. Absorption and emission of radiation Angular momentum. Atomic structure calculations and simple molecular structure methods. Prerequisite: 175.
3 units, Aut (Fayer, M)
CHEM 273. Advanced Physical Chemistry
Topics in advanced quantum mechanics: vibrations and rotations of polyatomic molecules (normal modes, anharmonicity, wave functions and energy levels of rigid rotations, vibration-rotation interaction), ab initio electronic structure theory (Hartree-Fock, configuration interaction, multi-configuration self-consistent-field, and many-body perturbation theory techniques), angular momentum theory (operators and wave functions, Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, rotation matrices), time-dependent quantum mechanics (time evolution operator, Feynman path integrals, scattering theory, Born approximation, Lipmann-Schwinger equation, correlation functions), interaction of radiation and matter (semiclassical and quantum theories of radiation, transition probabilities, selection rules). Prerequisite: 271 or Physics 230.
3 units, Win (Dai, H)
CHEM 275. Advanced Physical Chemistry
The principles and methods of statistical mechanics from the ensemble point of view, statistical thermodynamics, heat capacities of solids and polyatomic gases, chemical equilibria, equations of state of fluids, and phase transitions. Prerequisite: 271.
3 units, Spr (Pande, V)
CHEM 277. Topics in Physical Chemistry
Possible topics: structure elucidation using diffraction techniques, advanced statistical mechanics, crystal field theory, advanced quantum mechanics, magnetic relaxation, advanced thermodynamics, chemical applications of group theory. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: 275 or consent of instructor.
3 units, Aut (Pecora, R)
CHEM 278A. Research Progress in Physical Chemistry
Required of all second- and third-year Ph.D. candidates in physical and biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. Second-year students present their research progress and plans in brief written and oral summaries (A); third-year students prepare a written progress report (B). A: Win, B: Win
1 unit, Win (Pecora, R)
CHEM 278B. Research Progress in Physical Chemistry
Required of all second- and third-year Ph.D. candidates in physical and biophysical chemistry and chemical physics. Second-year students present their research progress and plans in brief written and oral summaries (A); third-year students prepare a written progress report (B). A: Win, B: Win
1 unit, Win (Pecora, R)
CHEM 279. Physical Chemistry Seminar
Required of graduate students majoring in physical chemistry. May be repeated for credit.
1 unit, Aut (Chidsey, C), Win (Chidsey, C), Spr (Chidsey, C)
CHEM 280. Single-Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging
Theoretical and experimental techniques necessary to achieve single-molecule sensitivity in laser spectroscopy: interaction of radiation with spectroscopic transitions; systematics of signals, noise, and signal-to-noise; modulation and imaging methods; and analysis of fluctuations; applications to modern problems in biophysics, cellular imaging, physical chemistry, single-photon sources, and materials science. Prerequisites: 271, previous or concurrent enrollment in 273.
3 units, not given this year
CHEM 297. Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
(Same as BIOPHYS 297.) Overview of metal sites in biology. Metalloproteins as elaborated inorganic complexes, their basic coordination chemistry and bonding, unique features of the protein ligand, and the physical methods used to study active sites. Active site structures are correlated with function. Prerequisites: 153 and 173, or equivalents.
3 units, alternate years, not given this year
CHEM 299. Teaching of Chemistry
Required of all teaching assistants in Chemistry. Techniques of teaching chemistry by means of lectures and labs.
1-3 units, Aut (Moylan, C), Win (Moylan, C), Spr (Moylan, C)
CHEM 300. Department Colloquium
Required of graduate students. May be repeated for credit.
1 unit, Aut (Du Bois, J), Win (Du Bois, J), Spr (Du Bois, J)
CHEM 301. Research in Chemistry
Required of graduate students who have passed the qualifying examination. Open to qualified graduate students with the consent of the major professor. Research seminars and directed reading deal with newly developing areas in chemistry and experimental techniques. May be repeated for credit. Search for adviser name on Axess.
2 units, Aut (Staff), Win (Staff), Spr (Staff), Sum (Staff)
CHEM 309. Navigating Career Options for Ph.D. Chemists
Planning a post-graduate career. Topics include career options, job search strategies, job application process, long-term career planning, and minority issues in science careers. Workshops focused on developing professional skills working with CDC and CTL, and panel discussions with chemistry Ph.D.s working in a range of fields. (Zare)
1 unit, Sum (Zare, R)
CHEM 459. Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Biosciences
(Same as BIO 459, BIOC 459, BIOE 459, CHEMENG 459, PSYCH 459.) Students register through their affiliated department; otherwise register for CHEMENG 459. For specialists and non-specialists. Sponsored by the Stanford BioX Program. Three seminars per quarter address scientific and technical themes related to interdisciplinary approaches in bioengineering, medicine, and the chemical, physical, and biological sciences. Leading investigators from Stanford and the world present breakthroughs and endeavors that cut across core disciplines. Pre-seminars introduce basic concepts and background for non-experts. Registered students attend all pre-seminars; others welcome. See http://biox.stanford.edu/courses/459.html. Recommended: basic mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics.
1 unit, Aut (Robertson, C), Win (Robertson, C), Spr (Robertson, C)
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