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coordinated ligands. Cross-coupling, Heck coupling, catalytic hydrogenation, olefin polymerization, carbocyclization
hydroformylation and related carbonylation chemistry, Wacker oxidation. Transition metal carbene complexes;
transition metal oxo complexes. Instructors: Widenhoefer. 2 units.
339A. Special Topics in Organic Chemistry. Advanced topics and recent developments in organic chemistry. Instructor:
Staff. Variable credit.
339B. Special Topics in Organic Chemistry. Advanced topics and recent developments in organic chemistry. Instructor:
Staff. Variable credit.
341. Quantum Chemistry. Foundations and approximate methods in quantum chemistry, with an emphasis on their
applications to molecular structure and modeling. Instructors: Akhremitchev, Beratan, Liu, MacPhail, Simon, Warren,
and Yang. 4 units.
342. Quantum Mechanics. Special emphasis on chemical applications. Topics include: linear algebra, the uncertainty
relations, angular momentum, perturbation theory, time-dependent phenomena, molecules in electromagnetic fields,
group theory, and electron correlation. Prerequisite: Chemistry 341 or consent of instructor. Instructors: Akhremitchev,
Beratan, Liu, MacPhail, Simon, and Yang. 4 units.
343. Statistical Thermodynamics. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics, with an emphasis on ideal systems and
selected model approaches to more complex systems, for example, lattice models. Instructors: Beratan, Charbonneau,
MacPhail, and Yang. 2 units.
344. Statistical Mechanics. Fundamentals of quantum and classical statistical mechanics using the ensemble approach.
Introduction of modern techniques and applications including the renormalization group treatment of phase transitions
and linear response theory of time-dependent statistical mechanics. Prerequisite: Chemistry 343 or consent of instructor.
Instructors: Beratan, Charbonneau, MacPhail, and Yang. 4 units.
345. Kinetics. The phenomenology and theory of chemical dynamics and reaction rates. Instructors: Beratan, Liu,
MacPhail, and Simon, and Warren. 2 units.
346. Biophysical Chemistry. The interrelationships between structure, function, and mechanisms of biological
macromolecules. Principles of dynamics, including kinetics, reactivity and transport, and structure, including
thermodynamics, NMR, fluorescence, and CD spectroscopy. Instructors: Akhremitchev, Beratan, Oas, Shaw, Simon,
and Warren. 4 units.
348. Solid-State and Materials Chemistry. Introduction to the structure, physical, and electronic properties of solid-state
materials. Instructor: Beratan and Liu. 2 units.
349A. Special Topics in Physical Chemistry. Presentation of one or more topics of interest such as advanced methods
in crystallography, light scattering and small angle X-ray diffraction application of ESR spectroscopy to chemical
problems, electronic spectroscopy of proteins group theory intermolecular forces, liquid crystals, methods or
determining the rates of elementary steps in reaction kinetics, physical chemistry of aerosols, physical-chemical
methods of polymer characterization, structure and bonding in metal-enzymes, statistical mechanics of fluids, topics in
structural chemistry, and triplet excitons. Variable credit. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
349B. Special Topics in Physical Chemistry. Presentation of one or more topics of interest such as advanced methods
in crystallography, light scattering and small angle X-ray diffraction application of ESR spectroscopy to chemical
problems, electronic spectroscopy of proteins group theory intermolecular forces, liquid crystals, methods or
determining the rates of elementary steps in reaction kinetics, physical chemistry of aerosols, physical-chemical
methods of polymer characterization, structure and bonding in metal-enzymes, statistical mechanics of fluids, topics in
structural chemistry, and triplet excitons. Variable credit. Instructor: Staff. Variable credit.
373. Seminar. One hour a week discussion. Credit/no credit grading only. Instructors: All members of the graduate staff.
1 unit.
374. Seminar. One hour a week discussion. Credit/no credit grading only. Instructors: All members of the graduate staff.
1 unit.
375. Research. Instruction in methods used in the investigation of original problems. Individual work and conferences.
1 to 6 units each. Instructors: All members of the graduate staff. Variable credit.
376. Research. Instruction in methods used in the investigation of original problems. Individual work and conferences.
1 to 6 units each. Instructors: All members of the graduate staff. Variable credit.
377. Research Orientation Seminar. A survey of departmental research. Required of all entering graduate students in
chemistry. Consent of director of graduate studies required. Instructors: All members of the graduate staff. 1 unit.
380. Graduate Training Internship. Designed to allow graduate student in Chemistry to engage in internship lab work
and doctoral study with external agencies and institutions for credit, when determined necessary for degree completion.
Laboratory work and analysis can be conducted at external institution with permission of immediate faculty supervisor.
Permission of instructor required. Instructor: Staff. 1 unit.
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