Descriptif

In a first part, focused on molecular chemical reactivity, the students will acquire new tools to understand chemical transformation, exploring techniques for structural analysis such as nuclear magnetic resonance. Properties of diatomic molecules will be discussed based on molecular orbitals. In a second part, strongly focused on physical chemistry, we review the basics of thermodynamics to comprehend chemical reactivity, setting up the basis to calculate energy balances, predict the spontaneity of reactions or determine the conditions of equilibrium.  We will revise also chemical kinetics, discover what factors determine reaction’s rate and the importance of catalysts to control and speed up reactions, very present in environmental sciences, industries and biochemistry. 

To assimilate all the concepts learnt during lectures and tutorials, we strongly believe in the importance of experimental labs, hence up to 7 interactive labs are planned.