The Electric and Magnetic Properties of Molecules”

Chemistry 987 Fall Semester 2006

Lecturer: Professor James F. Harrison

Office Room 37, Chemistry Building

1-517-355-9715 X 295

harrison@chemistry.msu.edu

Secretary: Mrs. Janet Haun

Room 8, Chemistry Building

1-517-355-9715 X 356

haun@chemistry.msu.edu

Lectures from 9:00 to 10:15 AM Room 336 Chemistry Building

Office Hours: By arraignment

Grading: Homework 50%

Exam 1 Tuesday October 17 25%

Exam 2 Thursday December 7 25%

Announcement: There will be no class on Tuesday & Thursday September 12 & 14. ACS meeting.

Problem sets:

Problem set 1

Problem set 2

Problem set 3

Problem set 5

Problem set 6

Lecture Notes: Background

Electrostatics perturbation_theory

hydrogen atom in a constant electric field hydrogen_like_atoms

molecule in an arbitrary external potential perturbation_examples

linear molecule in a constant electric field harmonic oscillator

polarizability of He and N₂ numerical Differentiation

dipole moments and the Hirshfeld interpretation

continuous charge distributions

Rotational Stark Effect

Long Range Intermolecular Forces

Magnetostatics

Spin-Orbit Interaction

Atoms in magnetic fields

Hyperfine Interactions

Current Density & Magnetic Field

Chemical Shift in H atom

Dirac Equation

Literature

Intermolecular Forces, Buckingham & Utting

Theory of Dielectric Polarization of Polar Substances, Buckingham

Quadrupole Measurements, Buckingham

Quadrupole moments of the alkali dimmers, Harrison and Lawson

Quadrupole moments of HCCH, FCCF, and ClCCCl, Gearhart et al