2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Science Undergraduate major in Chemistry
Molecular Structural Science
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Chemistry
- Instructor(s)
- Shun-Ichi Ishiuchi / Yoichi Okimoto
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Mon / 1-2 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- CHM.C333
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 2Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
The purpose of this lecture course: To get the knowledges for understanding the relation between molecular structures and spectroscopic data.
This lecture consist of three main subjects
1:Study about the simple model for treating the molecular vibrations
2:Study the relation between group theory and molecular vibrational spectroscopy
3:Understand the molecular structure based on spectroscopic data based on the theoretical model
Course description and aims
The ultimate purpose of this lecture is following 2 points:
1: Study about the role of quantum mechanics in the molecular dynamics
2: Based on the basic quantum mechanics combining with group theory, get the knowledges for understanding the relation between molecular structure and spectroscopic data.
Keywords
molecular structures, spectroscopy, infrared (IR) absorption, Raman scattering, group theory
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
Lecture includes a few times training test based on simple problems.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Explanation about the whole of this lecture. | Let's discuss about the way for imaging molecules |
| Class 2 | Simple modeling utilizing quantum mechanics 1: Model for molecular vibrations as classical oscilator. | What is the most simple model of molecues ? |
| Class 3 | Development to the quantum mechanical model of molecule from classical one. | How we caｎ prepare the simple quantum mechanical model for molecules from xcalssical mechanics ? |
| Class 4 | Molecular vibration modeled as quantized harmonic oscillator | Characteristics of molecules based on the quantum harmonic oscillator |
| Class 5 | Combined molecular vibrational modes expected from the 'structure! | How to simplify the complex and combined vibrational modes ? |
| Class 6 | Simple model to understand the relation among complicted vibrational modes | Let's understand the important role of liner algebra in molecular structural science |
| Class 7 | Simplfy the complicated relation among vibrational modes by group theory | Let's treat molecular structure by group theory |
| Class 8 | Interaction between matter and light. | How the molecule absorb photon ? |
| Class 9 | How the structure of the molecule make effect on the light absorption ? | Relation between absorption and moleculer structure can be expalined by quantum mechanics ? |
| Class 10 | Mechanisms of Infrared abosorption and Raman scattering based on light-matter interation | Can the quntum mechanical model explain both IR absorption and Raman scattering ? |
| Class 11 | Discussion utilizing realistic example 1:analyze the mo;ecular structure based on group theory | How the group theory treat rela molecules ? |
| Class 12 | Discussion utilizing realistic example 2:How the character in group theory can simplyfy the discussion | Let's classify the various molecules utilizing group thepry and character table |
| Class 13 | Discussion utilizing realistic example 3: the realistic way to determine the structure of water and other moleclues utilizing spectroscopic data. | Lets's confirm the relation between structure of water/other molecules and spectroscopic data. |
| Class 14 | Summary | Comparison with the data of experimental course |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to study class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class with referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Physical Chemistry, D . Ball, Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning 2003
Reference books, course materials, etc.
no textbook is specified
Evaluation methods and criteria
Following three points will be evaluated: 1: Advanced knowledges about molecular vibration based on the quantum mechanics, 2: Classification of molecular structures utilizing group theory, 3: Knowledges and techniques necessary for making clear the molecular structure based on spectroscopic data.
Evaluation will be made by the reports about the training problems set in the lecture course and also by final one. The final report (report during class room) will occupy 80 % (20%) of the evaluation.
Related courses
- CHM.C331 ： Solid State Chemistry
- CHM.B332 ： Photochemistry
- CHM.C334 ： Chemical Kinetics
- EEE.D331 ： Optical and Electromagnetic Property in Semiconductors
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about the quantum mechanics is required.