Module 1 : Atomic Structure
Lecture 1 : Structural Chemistry
 
   Recap
   In this lecture you have learnt the following
  Summary
  In this lecture we have quantified the meaning of electronic structure and contrasted it with structures and geometries of a few interesting molecules. These geometries include NH3 , D/L isomers of an optically active compound, a potassium ion trapped inside a C60, a protein molecule and a micellar aggregate. Electronic structure was associated with an energy level diagram with electrons “occupying the lower levels, a charge density of electrons associated with these levels and a spectrum which is a signature of these levels. Quantum theory began with the works of Planck (who gave the formula ), where is the frequency of light and n = number of photons. It was further developed by Bohr, Heisenberg, Schrödinger and Dirac.
   
   
   
 

 

   
   
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