Chemical Principles II - Honors

Catalog description

CHEM 112H uses the same text as CHEM 110H and builds upon the subject matter of that course. The course covers the following topics: introduction to organic reactions, polymers and their properties, chemical thermodynamics, entropy, free energy, reaction rates and chemical kinetics, catalysis, acid-base equilibria, the pH scale, the common-ion effect, buffers, acid-base titrations, factors that affect aqueous solubility, the role of the solvent in reaction chemistry, electrochemistry, oxidation-reduction reactions, oxidation states, voltaic cells, batteries, corrosion, electrolysis, transition metals, crystal field theory, molecular orbital theory, and properties of modern materials.