CH 231	Introduction to Quantum Chemistry	3-0-0-6
Syllabus: The motivation for Quantum mechanics: Historical background, postulates and general principles of quantum mechanics; Operators and their properties; Schrodinger equation, its application on some model systems : free-particle and particle in a box (1D and 3D), tunneling, the harmonic oscillator, the rigid rotator, and the hydrogen atom; Approximate methods; The variation theorem; Linear variation principle; Perturbation theory; Applications of variationalmethods and perturbation theory to the helium atom; Angular momentum: Eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of angular momentum operator, Ladder operator, addition of angular momenta; Spin- Pauli Exclusion Principle; Slater determinants; Term symbol (RS and jj coupling) and spectroscopic states, spin-orbit coupling and Zeeman splitting; Virial theorem; Born-Oppenheimer approximation; VB and MO theory, Application to H2^+, H2 molecule; Huckel molecular orbital theory and its application to ethylene, butadiene and benzene; Hybridization and valence MOs of some simple molecules. Texts: 1. P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman, Molecular Quantum Mechanics, 3^rdEd., Oxford University Press,1997. 2. D. A. McQuarrie, Quantum Chemistry, Viva Books, 2003 References: 1. I. N. Levine, Quantum Chemistry, Prentice Hall, 2003 2. F. L. Pilar, Elementary Quantum Chemistry, 2^ndEd., Dover Publications, Inc. NY, 1990.