What a Student should know before taking CHEM 475
(A Partial List)
Nuclear Properties: isotopes, subatomic particles, atomic weight and how to calculate it, nuclear magnetic moment
Periodic Table: nomenclature, groupings of elements, metals vs. non-metals, allotropes
Periodic Trends: electronegativity, electron affinity and ionization energies, and the reasons for these trends in terms of the effective nuclear charge (Z*) and shielding
Thermodynamics: ΔS, ΔH, ΔG, what they are and how they are connected under different conditions
Equilibrium: proper thermodynamic form of K and the approximations needed to get to a useful form, manipulations of equilibrium expressions, calculations
Electrochemistry: line notation for electrochemical cells, Nernst equation, relationship of ΔG to E0, calculation of K from electrochemical data
Kinetics and Mechanism: rate laws and how to determine them, how to write mechanisms, Arrhenius equation, relationship of Ea and A to ΔG‡, ΔH‡, ΔS‡, Hammond postulate
Nomenclature: naming of simple ionic and molecular compounds, organic nomenclature
Quantum Mechanics: wavefunctions and operators, Schrödinger equation and its solutions for hydrogen, extension of one-electron model to the multi-electron case, angular momentum quantization, basic idea of interaction of light with matter, aufbau principle
Bonding: Lewis dot structures, VSEPR, molecular properties, valence bond theory, basics of molecular orbital theory, Elattice, Born-Haber cycle, solid-state structure, intermolecular interactions (and their effect on physical properties)
Group Theory: operations, elements, character tables
You may find my CHEM 120 and CHEM 121 lecture notes a useful starting point for your review.