Chem 111
Chemical Kinetics
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Chem 111 |
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Dr. Kalju Kahn
Office: PSB-N 2623
Office hours: Tue and Fri (10:30-11:30 PM) or by appointment
Phone: 893-6157
E-mail: kalju@chem.ucsb.edu
Web site: http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/~kalju
To teach principles of reaction kinetics and catalysis. Topics covered include the laws and theories governing rates of chemical reactions and reaction mechanisms in the gas phase, in solution, and at the solid-liquid interface. Emphasis is placed on modern experimental approaches to study kinetics in complex chemical and biochemical systems. Analysis of experimental data is introduced. Computational approaches to estimate rates of chemical reactions and study the mechanism of catalysis are discussed.
Lecture: MWF 1:00-1:50 Place: Phelps Hall 3523
Computer Lab: Open access Place: Chem 1153
| Syllabus | General information about the course | |
| Textbook | "An Introduction to Chemical Kinetics" by Margaret R. Wright, Wiley, (2004). | $46 (Amazon) |
| Upload | Submit your assignments as MS Word or PDF files | Link |
| Mathematica | Mathematica Explained by Prof. Horia Metiu | Link |
| Kinetics | Online Textbook Chapters by Prof. Horia Metiu | Link |
| Exams | Midterm I Preparation Guide | |
| Exams | Sample Questions from 2004 Midterm Exam | |
| Exams | Midterm I Key and Takehome Part | |
| Exams | Midterm II (Nov 22) Preparation Guide | |
| Exams | Midterm II Key and Takehome Part | |
| Exams | Final Preparation Guide |
| Literature | Required reading in PDF | Acrobat |
| Relaxation | Microsecond Folding of the Cold Shock Protein Measured by a Pressure-Jump Technique (Jacob et. al., 1999) | |
| Relaxation | Discussion Questions: (Jacob et al, 2003) | |
| SVD | Kinetic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Hydroperoxy Compound in the Reaction of Native Myoglobin with Hydrogen Peroxide (Egawa et al, 2003) |
| Literature | Supplemental reading in PDF | Acrobat |
| Relaxation | The temperature-jump technique for the study of fast reactions in solution (Crooks, 1983) | |
| Relaxation | Laser temperature jump induced protein refolding (Gruebele, Sabelko, Ballew and Ervin, 1998) | |
| Relaxation | Submicrosecond real-time fluorescence sampling: application to protein folding (Ervin, Sabelko, and Gruebele, 2000) | |
| Reversible | Decomposition of hydrogen iodide (Kistiakowsky, 1928) | |
| Gas Phase | Kinetic Measurements Using Flow Tubes: C. J. Howard | |
| Gas Phase | Kinetics of Elementary Radical Reactions in the Gas Phase: F. Kaufman | |
| TSTe | The Development of Transition State Theory: Laidler and King | |
| SVD | Application of Multivariate Resolution Methods to Study of Biochemical and Biophysical Processes (Jaumot et al, 2004) | |
| SVD | Deconvolutions based on SVD and the Pseudoinverse: a Guide for Beginners (Hendler and Shrager, 1994, 2004) | |
| NMR | NMR Lecture Slides (for CHEM 112L course, Kahn, 2004) | |
| NMR | Introduction to NMR: Book Chapter by Dr. T. L. James | |
| NMR | Bloch Equation in NMR: Lecture Notes by Dr. A. S. Edison | |
| NMR | N,N-Dimethylacetamide rotational barrier by Jarek et. al. |
Some Tutorials are provided only as PDF so that you can practice typing in commands into Mathematica. Others are provides as Mathematica Notebooks. Save these in your hard disk and use Mathematica to run the commands. Alternatively, you may use a free program MathReader to examine the content of Notebooks.
| Mathematica | Tutorials and Assignments in PDF and NoteBook (NB) | Acrobat | MathReader |
| Mathematica | General Introduction to Mathematica | NB | |
| First-Order Kinetics | Solving Differential Equations with Mathematica | NB | |
| First-Order Kinetics | Simulation and Least-Squares Fitting; Data Import | NB | |
| Homework 1 | First order kinetics by UV-Vis absorption (Key) | NB | |
| Reversible Reactions | First Order Process, k1 = k2, no B initially | NB | |
| Reversible Reactions | First Order Process, k1 different from k2, B initially present | NB | |
| Reversible Reactions | Kinetics and Thermodynamics: Equilibrium Constant | NB | |
| Relaxation Methods | Temperature Jump: Kinetics of Relaxation | NB | |
| 2nd-Order Kinetics | Second-order irreversible reactions | NB | |
| 3rd-Order Kinetics | Third-order irreversible reactions | NB | |
| Fourth-Order Kinetics | Fourth-order irreversible reactions | NB | |
| Reversible Rx | Mixed order reversible A + A = P reaction | NB | |
| Reversible Rx | Second order reversible A + A = P + Q reaction | NB | |
| Homework 2 | Mixed and Second Order Reversible Reactions (Key) | NB | |
| Mathematica | Introduction to Linear Algebra with Mathematica | NB | |
| Mathematica |
Generation and SVD Analysis of Noisy Absorbance Data:
A -> B |
NB Ver5 NB Ver4 | |
| Consecutive Rx | Solving Coupled Differential Equations: A -> B -> C | NB | |
| NMR | Description of NMR as Energy Absorption Process | NB | |
| NMR | Description of NMR by Vector Formalism: Bloch Equation | NB | |
| NMR | Chemical Exchange: Forsen-Hoffman double resonance | NB | |
| NMR | Chemical Exchange: Line Shape Analysis | NB | |
| Comp Chem | Rate Constants from Computational Chemistry: Tutorial | Part 1 | Part 2 |
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