We are all continually surrounded by chemicals, from drugs to fuel to food additives. Ensuring these materials are free of dangerous contaminants is essential for human health and development. This course will introduce students to the most important techniques for purifying chemicals. We will use what we have learned in the classroom to isolate a number of different molecules in the lab, from ethanol to inorganic materials of eye-catching color. Open to high school students only.

An introduction to chemical principles. Stoichiometry, thermochemistry, states of matter, periodic relationships, atomic structure and bonding. Three hours of lecture per week. Concurrent registration in 1075 required.

Laboratory to accompany 1070. Basic principles of chemical safety. Introduction to laboratory techniques in chemistry. Experiments dealing with stoichiometry, thermochemistry, properties of gases, and simple analytical techniques. One three hour lab per week. Concurrent registration in 1070 required.

The chemistry of solutions, equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics. Three hours of lecture per week. Concurrent registration in 1085 required.

A continuation of 1075. Chemical safety in the workplace. Experiments to illustrate principles of chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, kinetics, thermodynamics, qualitative and quantitative analysis. One three hour laboratory per week.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Transfer Coursework at the 1000 level. Departmental approval may be required.

Transfer Coursework

Basic theory of gravimetric, volumetric and selected instrumental methods of analysis. Three hours of lecture per week. Offered by arrangement.

Laboratory to accompany 2310. Practice of gravimetric, volumetric and selected instrumental methods of analysis. Two four hour laboratory periods per week. Offered by arrangement.

An introduction to organic reaction mechanism and organic spectroscopy. Three hours of lecture per week.

Laboratory to accompany 2410. Introduction to laboratory techniques in organic chemistry. Synthesis of organic compounds. One four-hour laboratory period per week.

Laboratory to accompany 2420. A continuation of 2415. Includes identification of unknown organic compounds. One four-hour laboratory period per week.

Laboratory to accompany 2420. A continuation of 2415. Includes identification of unknown organic compounds. One four-hour laboratory period per week.

An advanced introduction to organic chemistry and organic reaction mechanisms. This small class is focused on group-learning, peer-instruction, and problem solving. Evaluations will be based on non:standard testing, e.g., open-book and/or (effectively) open-ended testing. Three hours of lecture per week.

An advanced laboratory to accompany CHEM 2430. Introduction to laboratory techniques inorganic chemistry. Separation/purification, synthesis, and characterization of organic molecules. One four-hour laboratory period per week.

An advanced analysis of the major classes of molecules and reaction types, the spectroscopic analysis of organic molecules, and the major classes of bio(macro)molecules. This small class is focused on group-learning, peer-instruction, and problem solving. Evaluations will be based on non-standard testing, e.g., open-book and/or (effectively) open-ended testing.

An advanced laboratory to accompany CHEM 2440 (and therefore limited to 30 students). A continuation of CHEM 2435. The laboratory continues to introduce organic synthesis techniques with a range of illustrative chemical syntheses combined with accompanying chromatographic, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Infrared (IR) Spectroscopic characterization of reaction components and products.

Chemistry associated with natural as well as human caused energy changes. The course is designed for students with a serious interest in environmental issues.

An overview of the many aspects of environmental chemistry. Topics include: aquatic chemistry, including water pollution and water treatment; atmospheric chemistry, air pollution and major threats to the global atmosphere; geochemistry and soil chemistry; nature, sources, and environmental chemistry of hazardous wastes; and toxicology chemistry.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Transfer Coursework at the 2000 level. Department approval may be required.

Transfer Coursework

Elementary quantum mechanics, quantum theory of molecular structure and bonding, fundamentals of spectroscopy. Three hours of lecture per week.

Laboratory to accompany 3110. Experiments in spectroscopy and spectroscopic analysis. One four-hour laboratory period per week. Concurrent registration in 3110 required.

First, Second, and Third laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic energy state functions, phases of pure substances, properties of mixtures, chemical equilibrium, equilibrium electrochemistry, statistical thermodynamics. Three hours of lecture per week.

Laboratory to accompany CHEM 3120. Experiments illustrate thermodynamic and statistical mechanical principles. One four-hour laboratory period per week.

Periodic relationships, types of bonding, coordination complexes, acid-base concepts, inorganic reaction mechanisms. Three hours of lecture per week. Concurrent registration in 3230 required. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3110 and 3115. Corequisite(s): CHEM 3215.

Laboratory to accompany 3210. Synthetic methods in inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Use of instrumental methods in organic chemistry. One four hour laboratory period per week.

Introduction to modern methods of instrumental analysis including separation techniques and spectroscopic and electrochemical methods. Three hours of lecture per week. Concurrent registration in 3330 required. Offered in alternate years.

Laboratory to accompany 3310. Practice of separation techniques and spectroscopic and electrochemical methods of analysis. Two four-hour laboratory periods per week. Concurrent registration in 3310 required. Offered in alternate years.

An advanced courses for those interested in chemistry of nanomaterials and polymers. This should be beyond the two courses of general chemistry and the two courses of organic chemistry. Evaluations will be based on quizzes, tests, plus the final exam. The class will be schedule three hours per week.

Introduction to basic Python programming skills with applications in Chemistry.

Special topics in Chemistry. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty primarily for undergraduates. For description, consult department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Properties of biological compounds. Bioenergetics, basic metabolic pathways, general biochemical mechanisms. Offered jointly with the cell and molecular biology department.

Eight hours of laboratory per week. Offered in the Fall semester.

Intermediary metabolism with emphasis on the integration of lipid, saccharide, and amino acid metabolism. Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation. Photosynthesis. Purine and pyrimidine metabolism. Offered jointly with the cell and molecular biology department.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Transfer Coursework at the 3000 level. Department approval may be required.

Individual research supervised by the faculty. Students are expected to present a short seminar based on their research. At least 10 hours of research effort per week. Course may be repeated up to 3 credit hours.

Individual research supervised by the faculty. Students are expected to present a short seminar based on their research. At least 10 hours of research effort per week. A maximum of three credits may be taken.

Individual research supervised by the faculty. Students are expected to present a short seminar based on their research. At least 10 hours of research effort per week. A maximum of three credits may be taken.

Introduction to 3D computational modeling of electrochemical signaling, including laws of diffusion, electrochemisty, resting and action potentials, synaptic communication between neurons, and synaptic plasticity.

Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty primarily for undergraduates. For description, consult department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Students complete a service activity in the community in conjunction with the content of a three-credit co-requisite course. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Laboratory or library research under direction of a faculty member.

Transfer coursework at the 4000 level. Departmental approval required.

Honors thesis research, first semester. Register in department.

For especially qualified seniors with approval of the faculty director and the Office of Academic Enrichment. Students must have a minimum of a 3.400 overall grade-point average and a 3.500 grade-point average in the major.

Courses taught abroad by non-Tulane faculty. Does not count toward Tulane GPA. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Courses taught abroad by non-Tulane faculty. Does not count toward Tulane GPA. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Introduction to 3D computational modeling of electrochemical signaling, including laws of diffusion, electrochemisty, resting and action potentials, synaptic communication between neurons, and synaptic plasticity.

Elementary quantum mechanics, quantum theory of molecular structure and bonding, fundamentals of spectroscopy.

First, Second, and Third Laws of thermodynamics, thermodynamic energy state functions, phases of pure substances, properties of mixtures, chemical equilibrium, equilibrium electrochemistry, statistical thermodynamics.

Periodic relationships, types of bonding, coordination complexes, acid-base concepts, inoganic reaction mechanisms.

Structural, chemical, and physical properties of organic compounds.

Introduction to basic Python programming skills with applications in Chemistry

Courses offered by visiting professors or permanent faculty primarily for undergraduates. For description, consult department. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Properties of biological compounds, Bioenergetics, basic metabolic pathways, general biochemistry mechanisms.

Intermediary metabolism with emphasis on the integration of lipid, saccharide, and amino acid metabolism. Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation.

Transfer coursework at the 6000 level. Departmental approval required.

This is a directed study course that allows a graduate student to pursue a topic of particular interest under the direction of a faculty member.

The classical wave equation; the Schrödinger equation; principles of quantum mechanics; harmonic oscillator; rigid rotor; hydrogen atom; approximate methods: perturbation theory, variational principle.

Review of the principles of thermodynamics; canonical and other ensembles; Bose-Einstein, Fermi-Dirac, and Boltzmann statistics; non-interacting system; Monte Carlo methods; phase transitions, classical fluids; non-equilibrium systems.

Advanced topics in quantum chemistry and dynamics.

This introductory course in computational quantum chemistry will discuss selected topics of molecular modelling with an emphasis on quantum mechanical methods. The scope of this course incorporates ab initio methods, density functional theory, molecular mechanics, and semiempirical approaches. This course is set up for graduate-level requirements, but should be accessible to advanced undergraduates. Graduate-level quantum mechanics is not required, but a good undergraduate-level quantum chemistry background is expected.

Classical and quantum theory of radiation.

Selected topics in experimental and/or theoretical physical chemistry. Can be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Descriptions of bonding theories as applied to inorganic systems. The course covers symmetry and group theory, crystal field theory, and generalized aspects of molecular orbital theory. Three hours of lecture per week.

The course discusses the primary reactions of transition metal, organometallic and main group compounds. Concepts of chemical kinetics are applied to inorganic substitution, isomerization, oxidation/reduction, catalysis and photochemistry. The theoretical framework associated with electron and atom transfer reactions is also presented.

The chemistry of compounds containing transition metal-carbon bonds. A survey of major classes of organotransition metal compounds, their bonding, and their reaction chemistry. The role of transition metal organometallic compounds in homogeneous catalysis. Three hours of lecture per week.

The chemistry of compounds containing main group metal-carbon bonds. A survey of major classes of organometallic compounds, their bonding, and their reaction chemistry. The role of main group organometallic compounds in organic synthesis and polymer chemistry. Three hours of lecture per week.

This course is a problem solving based course focusing on characterization of inorganic substances using methods common to Inorganic Chemistry including multinuclear NMR, ESR, Mass Spectrometry, IR, electrochemical methods, magnetic methods and other more specialized techniques.

Basic principles of single crystal x-ray diffraction and their applications to the determination of the structures of small molecules. Each student will collect x-ray data on a crystal and determine the structure of the molecule.

Photophysical processes, experimental methods, photochemistry of transition metal complexes, photosynthesis, solar photochemistry, photoinduced energy and electron transfer processes, photochromism.

The course will explore a variety of systems 0D (nanoparticles), 1D (nanotubes, nanoribbons), and 2D (nanosheets) using a number of illustrative examples, including gold and silica nanoparticles, silicon nanotubes, fullerenes, and graphenes. Emphasis will be placed on synthetic methods, characterization techniques, and applications.

The chemistry of metals in biology. An overview of the important metalloenzyme systems and other metallobiomolecules, such as O2 transport proteins. The course also covers inorganic pharmaceuticals and metal-based imaging agents in medicine. Three hours of lecture per week. Can be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Biochemical and biophysical methods, mechanisms of enzyme catalysis, membrane structure and function, metabolic regulation, physical biochemistry, protein folding related topics. Can be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This course focuses on the fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, including molecular orbital theory, thermochemistry/strain/stability, stereochemistry, acid/base chemistry, reactivity, kinetics, and catalysis.  The course is designed to provide the theoretical foundation behind experimental synthetic chemistry.

This course covers the elementary theory and slightly more advanced interpretation of common instrumental methods employed by organic chemists. These include NMR spectroscopy (including some 2D, multinuclear, and dynamic NMR), mass spectrometry, X-ray crystallography, IR, UV, and EPR spectroscopy, and various chiroptical methods.

Structural determination, synthesis, and biosynthesis of both classical and modern natural product target molecules. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

This course establishes a basic fundamental background for polymer chemists, including the major synthetic techniques for preparing polymers, the strengths and weakness of various techniques for determining molecular weight and structure, as well as correlation between polymer molecular structure and the resultant physical properties (and therefore useful applications).

This course focuses on a variety of aspects of supramolecular chemistry. It includes the fundamental physical chemistry important to the field and a review of the current state-of-the-art. The course also includes hands-on experience with analyzing supramolecular systems using spectroscopic and/or calorimetric approaches.

Design of syntheses for complex organic molecules.  The strategies involved for constructing molecules with complex stereo and regio chemistry, while addressing issues of efficiency and yield.

This course provides a background to understanding the structure of nucleic acids and the forces involved in their binding and recognition.  A particular focus involves the how to design sequences that enable binding, including topics such as using aptamers for selective binding and recognition. 

Medicinal chemistry deals with the method of developing new drugs. This class will discuss the drug development process, techniques that are used to develop new drugs (e.g., screening, computer modelling), and the mode of action of existing drugs. The prerequisites are successful completion of an organic chemistry course (e.g., CHEM 2410) and a biochemistry course (e.g., CHEM 3830).

This is a survey course covering key topics in contemporary organic chemistry. The focus is on growing and far-reaching issues that are central to all forms of organic chemistry research.

This is an in-depth course covering a key, topic of contemporary organic chemistry. The focus is on growing and far-reaching issues that are central to organic chemistry research in an academic or industrial setting. Can be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Special Topics. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Weekly seminars by visiting faculty and students. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Weekly seminars by visiting faculty and students. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Research toward completion of a masters degree. Course may be repeated up to unlimited credit hours.

Research toward completion of a doctoral degree.