CHE 646

THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Chemistry 646 - Chemical Kinetics

Course Description: Studies of chemical reactions from the standpoint of velocity and mechanism. Prerequisites: CHE 442G.

Topics:

     The experimental problem;

     Conservation conditions;

     Analysis of simple rate laws, illustrative examples;

     Analysis of complex rate laws;

     Initial rate studies;

     Systems of variable volume;

     The concept of molecularity;

     The Arrhenius equation; activation energy;

     Statistical derivation of the activation energy;

     Collision theory;

     Activated complex theory;

     Reaction mechanisms;

     Rates of mechanistic reactions, conservation conditions;

     Analysis of simple mechanisms;

     Relaxation times;

     Chain reactions;

     Steady-state approximation;

     Detailed balance (microscopic reversibility);

     Rapid equilibrium approximation;

     Theory of stoichiometric relations;

     Kinetic and thermodynamic descriptions of equilibrium;

     Rules for reaction mechanisms; consistency conditions;

     Dependent and independent reactions;

     Stoichiometry of a mechanism;

     Inversion of the conservation conditions, Smith's theorem;

     Construction of reaction mechanisms, illustrative examples;

     Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis;

     Periodic reactions.

Texts:

The following texts have been placed on reserve in the Chemistry-Physics Library:

"Kinetics and Mechanism," A. A. Frost and R. G. Pearson, 2nd ed., Wiley,
New York (1961).

"Gas Kinetics," G. L. Pratt, Wiley, New York (1969).

"The Foundations of Chemical Kinetics," S. W. Benson, McGraw- Hill, New
York (1960).

"Chemical Kinetics," R. E. Weston and H. A. Schwarz, Prentice- Hall, New
Jersey (1972).

"Introduction to the Study of Physical Chemistry," Chapter IX, L. P.
Hammett, McGraw-Hill, New York (1952).

"Chemical Kinetics," G. Pannetier and P. Souchay, Elsevier, New York
(1964).

"Kinetic Systems," C. Capellos and B. Bielski, Wiley, New York (1972).

"Chemical Kinetics," K. J. Laidler, 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York (1987).

"Kinetics of Chemical Change," C. N. Hinshelwood, Oxford, New York
(1940).

"Chemical Statics and Kinetics of Solutions," E. A. Moelwyn- Hughes,
Academic Press, New York (1971).

"Physical Chemistry," Chapters XXII, XXIII, E. A. Moelwyn-Hughes,
Pergamon, New York (1961).

"Mechanisms of Inorganic Reactions," D. Katakis and G. Gordon, Wiley,
New York (1987).

"Introduction to Higher Algebra,"  Chapters IV, V, M. Bocher, MacMillan,
New York (1907).

"Kinetic Theory of Gases,"  Chapters IV, V, J. H. Jeans, Cambridge, New
York (19821).

"The Principles of Chemical Equilibrium," Chapter 15, K. Denbigh,
Cambridge, New York (1981).

"Statistical Thermodynamics," Chapter XII, R. H. Fowler and E. A
Gugenheim, Cambridge, New York (1939).

"Determination of Organic Reaction Mechanisms," B. K. Carpenter, Wiley,
New York (1984).

"Chemical Kinetics," I. Admur and G. G. Hammmes, McGraw-Hill, New
York (1966).

"Principles of Chemical Kinetics," G. G. Hammmes, Academic Press, New
York (1978).

"A Survey of Modern Algebra,"  4th ed., pp. 183-187, 241-251, G. D.
Birkhoff and S. MacLane, MacMillan, New York (1977).

"Investigation of Rates and Mechanisms of Reactions," Parts I and II, 4th ed.,
C. F. Bernasconi, Editor, Wiley-Interscience, New York (1986).

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