Universidad de los Andes - QUIM

The objective of this course is to familiarize students with university life. Inductions to the main departments with which students will interact with will be scheduled. In addition, students are expected to acquire good study habits by carrying out workshop for this purpose.

The course introduces the basics of Chemistry, considering the main laws supporting it and its correct interpretation. At the end of the course, students will be able interpret correctly the concepts associated with stoichiometry and the basic concepts associated with chemical balance. It will also introduce chemical kinetics. The course will provide the necessary foundations for a good performance in the Experimental Chemistry course.

This course offers basic knowledge through which students will learn to use correctly the rules of inorganic nomenclature, solve stoichiometry problems, and implement the aforementioned concepts in processes of energy exchange taking place in chemical reactions and solution processes. It will also introduce the understanding of the atomic structure in the light of the quantum theory. Students will also learn basic concepts of topics related to chemical kinetics, chemical balance and basic notions of chemical thermodynamics.

General Chemistry Laboratory includes practices with experiments with the objective of reinforcing the knowledge gained in the General Chemistry course. Experiments cover basic topics such as atomic structure, stoichiometry, calorimetry, gases, and chemical balance.

This chemistry course, Chemistry 1103, is an introductory course. The objective is to have students understand the principal laws and concepts that make up chemistry.

General Chemistry Laboratory includes practices with experiments with the objective of reinforcing the knowledge gained in the General Chemistry course. Experiments cover basic topics such as atomic structure, stoichiometry, calorimetry, gases, and chemical balance.

This course, Applications of Chemistry, looks at the different roles of chemistry from an applied perspective, where the most important role is played by organic chemistry because of the high level of interest in this important branch of chemistry, both in the laboratory and in industry

The laboratory of chemistry applications includes a series of experiments aimed at developing experimental skills related to separation and purification of chemical substances. Similarly, students will conduct basic experiments involving preparation, separation and purification of compounds, especially organic compounds.

Get the students to understand contemporary theories relative to the structure of atoms and molecules, understanding and separating fundamental notions from mere numerical approximations.

The General Chemistry Laboratory course is intended to provide the students with the necessary skills to achieve proper performance in a Chemistry Lab. On the other hand, it intends to strengthen basic knowledge relative to stoichiometry and chemical balance.

It will address the periodical properties of elements, the different types of bonds (covalent, ionic, metallic), with their pertinent structures and related chemical behaviors, including the theory of molecular orbitals and oxidation-reduction reactions. It will also study the chemistry of anions and cations as an introduction to coordination chemistry (except for advanced theories of coordinative bonding), non-aqueous solvents, various theories of acidity, some specific acids and bases. In its second part, the course provides the students, in a descriptive fashion, with the behavior of chemical elements in the main groups and the transition groups, as well as the compounds that these make up.

Chemistry is basically an experimental science, and along with an understanding of the right theories to explain events, students should be familiar with and practice the procedures of handling and preparation. This first experimental course in Inorganic Chemistry teaches the most basic procedures that will be perfected and go onto more complicated procedures in courses to follow. In this course, students will experiment with substances that are easy to handle and prepare in order to learn the most elemental techniques, mainly aimed at learning a good system to work in the lab.

The course begins with an introduction to coordination chemistry, based on the discussion of various advanced theories on coordinative bonding, such as theory of Pauling, Crystal Field theory, spectro-chemical series, magnetic properties, model of molecular orbitals, including the types of bonds: donor & sigma, donor &pie, and acceptor &pie, complex reaction mechanisms, followed by the symmetry theory, specific groups, character tables, molecular vibrations, interpretation of electronic spectrum, Tanabe and Sugano diagrams, load transfer, and the kinetics of complex reactions. The second part addresses first of all the chemistry of organometallic compounds, this includes a reflection on the difference of elements in the s, p, d and f groups, the organometallic chemistry of elements in the main groups and the transition groups. A description is provided of complexes with different types of bonds, their reactivity and elementary reactions in organometallic chemistry such as: substitution, oxidative addition and reductive elimination, insertion and elimination, and reductive coupling. The course will be rounded up with a brief introduction to the applications of ergonometric compounds in the industry.

The inorganic chemistry laboratory II provides students with the synthesis ability with respect to coordination and organometallic compounds. It analyzes the characteristic properties of synthesized compounds such as magnetic behavior, absorption of visible light and interpretation of UV/Vis spectrums, infrared, etc.

Organic Chemistry is without any doubt the science that by itself creates the objectives of its studying, based on the versatility of carbon as its main element. The course encompasses three large modules, in the first one, the student acquires knowledge of structural principles, bonding models, hybridation and molecular geometry, polarity, nomenclature in accordance with IUPAC, bonding rotation and stereochemistry, the second model involves studying fundamental mechanisms such as radical halogenation, SN! and SN2 substitution mechanisms and E1 and E2 elimination, which combined with other special mechanisms lead to the development of the third module related to the formation, reactivity and some spectroscopic characteristics of functional groups, from hydrocarbons to oxygenated compounds such as acids and its derivates.

This course offers basic principles and a study of the primary metabolites involved in cellular biochemical processes. Students will carry out practices to illustrate such things as analytical separation methods in applied to biochemical problems, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography, characterization methods, protein and DNA electrophoresis, quantitative analysis methods, spectrophotometry, radioimmunometric techniques, and flow cytometry.

This course seeks to foster an interest in the study of natural products of vegetable origin, providing students with the necessary information to comprehend the extraction, purification, and identification processes of primary and secondary metabolites in plants, and to relate the chemical structure of diverse compounds and their biological activity. The methodology used allows students to determine the composition of several of these compounds and their possible biosynthetic routes.

To have students successfully interpret IR, UV, and VIS molecule spectra using basic quantum mechanics methods. Course topics include: selected basics of quantum mechanics, UV and VIS spectra of simple atoms (H and He), IR spectra of simple molecules the vibration and rotation model, graduating from two atom molecules to more complex molecules, spectroscopy and chemical reactions, aspects of symmetry, group theory, reducible and irreducible representations, UV and VIS molecule spectra, the Frank-Condon principle, Fluorescence spectroscopy, lifetime of excited states, Raman spectroscopy, laser spectroscopy, high temporal or spectral resolution.

To have students successfully carry out quantum mechanics calculations in order to study the structure of molecules and mechanisms in chemical reactions. This course seeks to familiarize students with the computer software most commonly used today by researchers. Course content will include: molecular orbital methods, the Hartree-Fock-Roothaan theory , calculation with small molecules such as water, methane, ammonia, etc., energy calculations in larger molecules, organic molecules with 10-20 carbon atoms, heteroatoms, the theory of potential energy surface, optimization of geometries, recovery of nuclear movement in light of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, vibrational analysis, supermolecules and chemical reactivity, the transition state theory, the study of reaction mechanisms using quantum mechanical methods, CI and DFT methods.

This course students are introduced to the principles of Quantum Theory. These should help in understanding contemporary atomic and molecular structure and chemical reactivity theories. Following this, students are presented the hydrogen atom and multielectronic atom theories, so that they may assimilate basic concepts and understand the different approaches taken in the practical use of these concepts. Students will also learn to calculate the fundamental properties of molecules according to quantum theory, explore ideas regarding chemical bonds and molecular structure, and the main approaches in this area.

This course offers basic principles and a study of the primary metabolites involved in cellular biochemical processes. Students will carry out practices to illustrate such things as analytical separation methods in applied to biochemical problems, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography, characterization methods, protein and DNA electrophoresis, quantitative analysis methods, spectrophotometry, radioimmunometric techniques, and flow cytometry.

The laboratory aims at reinforcing fundamental concepts related to the definition of thermodynamic properties of chemical systems. Thus, students will develop skills in the setting their own physical chemical experiments and making correct interpretations of measures obtained in the laboratory.

This course seeks to foster an interest in the study of natural products of vegetable origin, providing students with the necessary information to comprehend the extraction, purification, and identification processes of primary and secondary metabolites in plants, and to relate the chemical structure of diverse compounds and their biological activity. The methodology used allows students to determine the composition of several of these compounds and their possible biosynthetic routes.

To have students successfully interpret IR, UV, and VIS molecule spectra using basic quantum mechanics methods. Course topics include: selected basics of quantum mechanics, UV and VIS spectra of simple atoms (H and He), IR spectra of simple molecules the vibration and rotation model, graduating from two atom molecules to more complex molecules, spectroscopy and chemical reactions, aspects of symmetry, group theory, reducible and irreducible representations, UV and VIS molecule spectra, the Frank-Condon principle, Fluorescence spectroscopy, lifetime of excited states, Raman spectroscopy, laser spectroscopy, high temporal or spectral resolution.

This course, Fundamentals of Chemical Analysis, provides students the necessary tools to interpret correctly experimental data. It also provides students all the foun- dation for the study and use of the main analytical techniques used in chemistry.

This course complements theoretical studies of the course on Chemical Analysis. It develops motor skills that facilitate work in the chemistry laboratory. It develops strategies to judge objectively the results of an analysis. It introduces students in the use of instrumental analytical techniques.

To have students successfully carry out quantum mechanics calculations in order to study the structure of molecules and mechanisms in chemical reactions. This course seeks to familiarize students with the computer software most commonly used today by researchers. Course content will include: molecular orbital methods, the Hartree-Fock-Roothaan theory , calculation with small molecules such as water, methane, ammonia, etc., energy calculations in larger molecules, organic molecules with 10-20 carbon atoms, heteroatoms, the theory of potential energy surface, optimization of geometries, recovery of nuclear movement in light of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, vibrational analysis, supermolecules and chemical reactivity, the transition state theory, the study of reaction mechanisms using quantum mechanical methods, CI and DFT methods.

This course offers basic principles and a study of the primary metabolites involved in cellular biochemical processes. Students will carry out practices to illustrate such things as analytical separation methods in applied to biochemical problems, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), gas chromatography, characterization methods, protein and DNA electrophoresis, quantitative analysis methods, spectrophotometry, radioimmunometric techniques, and flow cytometry.

This course seeks to foster an interest in the study of natural products of vegetable origin, providing students with the necessary information to comprehend the extraction, purification, and identification processes of primary and secondary metabolites in plants, and to relate the chemical structure of diverse compounds and their biological activity. The methodology used allows students to determine the composition of several of these compounds and their possible biosynthetic routes.

To have students successfully interpret IR, UV, and VIS molecule spectra using basic quantum mechanics methods. Course topics include: selected basics of quantum mechanics, UV and VIS spectra of simple atoms (H and He), IR spectra of simple molecules the vibration and rotation model, graduating from two atom molecules to more complex molecules, spectroscopy and chemical reactions, aspects of symmetry, group theory, reducible and irreducible representations, UV and VIS molecule spectra, the Frank-Condon principle, Fluorescence spectroscopy, lifetime of excited states, Raman spectroscopy, laser spectroscopy, high temporal or spectral resolution.

Addressed specifically to biological science students, this course presents an ample vision of concepts and applications of chemistry from the perspective of its physical fundamentals. Metabolic processes constitute the paradigm of applications of thermodynamics regarding energy conversions, which through coupled chemical reactions keep systems away from balance, becoming thus the support of life. It also studies quantitative models of transportation of matter and energy and of chemical kinetics. Maintaining a non-specialist level, in physical aspects of interaction phenomena between energy and matter, it also studies basic elements of these interactions, through quantum mechanics, statistics and spectroscopic methods.

Programmed practices cover aspects related to manipulation of instruments to measure physical properties, as well as the use of calculations tools that enable simple simulations, which show the variation of certain parameters according to variables defined through phenomena relations through theoretical postulates. These practical activities cover most of the issues described in the theory course.