Course Name: Quantum Chemistry of Atoms and Molecules

Course abstract

The course introduces students to quantum Chemistry. The syllabus is as follows. Black body radiation. Failure of classical mechanics. Marsden experiment and Rutherford theory. Hydrogen atom spectrum. Bohr Sommerfeld theory. Uncertainty principle. Wave particle duality. Schrodinger equation. Postulates of quantum mechanics. Born approximation. Origin of quantization: Particle in a box, particle in a ring. Hydrogen atom. Atomic orbitals. Many electron atoms. Introduction to spin. Slater determinants. Self consistent fields. Valence bond and molecular orbital theories. Molecular orbitals of homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomic molecules. VSEPR. Molecular orbital and Valence bond approaches to polyatomic molecules. Hybrid orbitals. Huckel theory. Introduction to approximation methods. Scope of further study.


Course Instructor

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Porf. Anindya Datta

Porf. Anindya Datta is a Professor of Chemistry in IIT Bombay, with research interest in ultrafast spectroscopy and time resolved fluorescence microscopy. He has a teaching experience of 17 years. 15 Ph. D. students have been graduated from our laboratory. Eight more are working towards their degree. He received Excellence in Teaching Award from our institute in 2017 and also taught three NPTEL courses on Molecular Spectroscopy, Symmetry in Chemistry and Laser spectroscopy.
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 Course Duration : Jul-Oct 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021

 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 17-Sep-2021

 Exam Date : 23-Oct-2021

Enrolled

1089

Registered

68

Certificate Eligible

43

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

20

Elite

17

Successfully completed

5

Participation

14

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 8 out of 12 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 courses
Quantum Chemistry of Atoms and Molecules - Toppers list

KHARANSHU DEWAN 94%

NETAJI SUBHAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

RUDRAKSH TANEJA 88%

NETAJI SUBHAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

DEEPANSHU DHAKATE 88%

NETAJI SUBHAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1089

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 68

Assignment Statistics




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Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.