Course Offerings: Fall 2026

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Introduction into chemical crystallography and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The course provides basic theoretical background for understanding crystal structures and other XRD data reported in the literature and databases. The course also covers theoretical and practical aspects of the XRD analysis, including interaction of X-rays with matter, theoretical description of diffraction, experimental methods, instrumentation, preparation of samples, and the usage of software. Regular ...

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The goal of organic synthesis is to efficiently create valuable and interesting molecules. Towards this goal, modern research efforts seek to discover and invent powerful chemical reactions that make new bonds that are difficult or impossible to form using traditional methods.  This course will cover how metals can be used to perform such reactions. An emphasis will be made on the use of homogeneous complexes of late transition metals as catalysts. Basic concepts of organometallic ...

A graduate-level treatment of modern NMR spectroscopy and complementary analytical techniques, with an emphasis on practical structure elucidation of organic molecules. Synopsis: NMR spectroscopy is among the most powerful tools available for characterising molecular structure, dynamics, and interactions. This course surveys the 1D and 2D NMR experiments commonly used in chemical research, building from a conceptual foundation in nuclear spin, chemical shift, and ...

Contents 1.      Basic definitions: Monomers, polymers, polymerization reactions. Polymer structure, nomenclature. Molecular weight distributions and average molecular weights. 2.      Chain conformations: End-to-end distance, radius of gyration, molecular dimensions, excluded volume. 3.      Molecular weight measurements: Colligative properties, osmometry, light scattering, viscosity, gel permeation ...

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