5.111 Principles of Chemical Science

Fall 2008

Illustration of the progress of a reaction.

The reaction profile shows the potential energy at each step of a chemical reaction. (Image by MIT OpenCourseWare.)

Course Description

This course provides an introduction to the chemistry of biological, inorganic, and organic molecules. The emphasis is on basic principles of atomic and molecular electronic structure, thermodynamics, acid-base and redox equilibria, chemical kinetics, and catalysis.

Still to Come

In addition to the materials that are currently published on this course site, the following resources will be available by Fall 2009: full lecture video, biology-related examples for Lectures 19-36, and descriptions of the in-class demonstrations and activities.

In the interim, a full set of lecture videos from Fall 2005 is available on YouTube and iTunes U.

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Staff

Instructors:
Prof. Catherine Drennan
Dr. Elizabeth Vogel Taylor

Course Meeting Times

Lectures:
3 sessions / week
1 hour / session

Recitations:
2 sessions / week
1 hour / session

Level

Undergraduate