The molecular world: Online Course from OpenLearn

From diamonds to dynamite, everything involves a chemical reaction. This free course, The molecular world, introduces you to the concepts and principles that underpin chemistry at the molecular ...

Syllabus

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 Everything that you can see is made of atoms
- 1 Everything that you can see is made of atoms
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Chemical elements
- 1.2.1 Isotopes
- 1.3 Chemical compounds
- 1.4 Molecular substances
- 1.5 Non-molecular substances
- 1.6 Binding forces in molecular and non-molecular substances - a first look
- 1.7 Summary of Section 1
- 2 Chemical patterns are to be found in the periodic table
- 2 Chemical patterns are to be found in the periodic table
- 2.1 Chemical periodicity
- 2.2 The Group number of the noble gases
- 2.3 Elements on parade: an audiovisual interlude
- 2.4 Summary of Section 2
- 3 Chemistry can often be explained by electronic structure
- 3 Chemistry can often be explained by electronic structure
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The electronic configurations of atoms
- 3.3 Electronic configurations and the Periodic Table
- 3.3.1 Writing out electronic configurations
- 3.4 Outer electronic configurations and the Periodic Table
- 3.5 Electron states and box diagrams
- 3.6 Summary of Section 3
- 4 Chemical bonds consist of shared pairs of electrons
- 4 Chemical bonds consist of shared pairs of electrons
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Ionic and covalent bonding
- 4.3 Metallic bonding
- 4.4 A classification of chemical substances
- 4.5 More about covalent bonding
- 4.5.1 Lewis structures
- 4.5.2 Noble gas configurations under stress
- 4.5.3 Dative bonds
- 4.5.4 Resonance structures
- 4.6 Summary of Section 4
- 5 Molecular reactivity
- 5 Molecular reactivity
- 5.1 Molecular reactivity is concentrated at key sites
- 5.2 Summary of Section 5
- 6 Molecular shape affects molecular reactivity
- 6 Molecular shape affects molecular reactivity
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 The shapes of some molecules
- 6.3 Valence-shell electron-pair repulsion theory
- 6.3.1 Refinements and difficulties
- 6.4 Summary of Section 6
- 7 Reactivity needs a favourable rate and equilibrium constant
- 7 Reactivity needs a favourable rate and equilibrium constant
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Is the equilibrium position unfavourable?
- 7.2.1 The equilibrium constant
- 7.3 Is the rate of reaction very slow?
- 7.4 Equilibrium positions and rates of reaction in this course
- 7.5 Summary of Section 7
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements

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