Chemical bonds - KAMA6M09

Goal(s)

Presentation of the different types of chemical bonds to lead to an understanding of the condensed states of matter. Course realized by an APP (Problem Learning) method in connection with the Solid State Physics course.

Content(s)

1 The chemical bond: The homonuclear diatomic molecules
1.1 The molecular ion H2 +
1.2 Variational method, OM-CLOA
1.3 The dihydrogen molecule
1.4 Introduction to XPS, UPS, ESCA Photoelectron Spectroscopies
2 The chemical bond: The diatomic molecules heteronuclear
2.1 The CO and HF molecules
2.2 The ionic bond: extreme case of the covalent bond
2.3 Dipolar moments and difference of electronegativity
3 Polyatomic molecules
3.1 Comparison of OM-CLOA and atomic orbital hybridization approaches: BeH2, BH3, CH4, H2O molecules
3.2 Approximation of pi electrons applied to conjugated or aromatic hydrocarbons, stabilization by electronic delocalisation

Basis in quantum mechanics, wavefunctions, atomic orbitals, quantum chemistry,
differantial and integral calculations,matrix and determinants