Chemical Reactivity and Dynamics

Recommended Prerequisites

2nd cycle completed.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methods aim at the global understanding of the subjects and learning autonomy, complemented by in-depth learning of two specialty subjects. The students are encouraged to study each subject individually, and after each study period a discussion session takes place with the students and professor. Each student presents two subjects, written and orally, to deepen his/her knowledge of two subjects of his/her choice.

Learning Outcomes

This course is designed to offer advanced scientific training, enabling individual research, in chemical reactivity and dynamics. The students are expected to become autonomous in the search and critical analysis of relevant literature, in the understanding and formulation of chemical reactivity models, and the oral and written presentation of the fundamental concepts in this area.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Colisions and Molecular Dinamics.

2. Reativity in Thermalized Systems.

Transition State Theory. Intersecting State Model.

3. Structure - Reativity relationships.

4. Unimolecular reactions.

5. Elementary reactions.

6. Reactions on surfaces.

7. Substitution reactions.

8. Chain reactions.

9. Proton transfer reactions.

10. Enzymatic catalysis.

11. Transitions  Between electronic states.

12. Electron transfer reactions.

13. Caos and oscillatiory reactions.

Head Lecturer(s)

Alberto António Caria Canelas Pais

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Synthesis work: 100.0%

Bibliography

Cinética Química, Sebastião Formosinho e Luis Arnaut, Universidade de Coimbra

Chemical Kinetics, L. Arnaut, S. Formosinho, H. Burrows, Elsevier.