Chemistry: This course will cover biologically relevant molecules, particularly nucleic acids, proteins, and their building blocks. In each case, synthesis and biological functions will be discussed. The topics include synthesis of oligonucleotides and peptides; chemistry of phosphates; enzyme structure and function; coenzymes, and enzyme catalysis; polyketides; antiviral and anticancer agents.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 302
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 402.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Christopher Thibodeaux, Alexander S Wahba, Anthony K Mittermaier

Chemistry: The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to the overall drug discovery process. The main focus of the course will be on medicinal chemistry, synthesis and catalysis, as they relate to large-scale production of pharmaceutical agents. However, other aspects of drug discovery, including structural research (e.g. NMR, X-ray), biochemistry, drug metabolism and bioavailability will also be included.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisite(s): CHEM 302 and one of BIOL 200 or CHEM 332, or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Youla S Tsantrizos

Chemistry: A comprehensive introduction to computational methods and software for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. The main focus of the course is on important practical aspects of chemistry-related computer modeling: how to perform simulations reliably and efficiently, and how to interpret simulation results. Two main classes of computer simulations--electronic structure methods and statistical mechanics methods--will be discussed in detail together with a wide range of chemical examples.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Prerequisite(s): CHEM 345 or equivalent and CHEM 365 or PHYS 329 or equivalent, and COMP 202 or COMP 208 or equivalent.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Rustam Khaliullin

Chemistry: Physical chemistry concepts needed to understand the function of biological systems at the molecular level, including the structure, stability, transport, and interactions of biological macromolecules.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 203 or CHEM 204 or CHEM 223 and CHEM 243, or permission of instructor.
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 404.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Amy S Blum, Anthony K Mittermaier

Chemistry: Exploration of the field of atmospheric chemistry that is identified as the significant driver of climate change and the cause of millions of premature death every year. Discussion of cutting-edge novel technologies for observing and quantifying pollutants (from ground to satellite) using artificial intelligence, the fate of emerging contaminants (e.g., nano/microplastics, trace metals, persistent organic), and modelling of atmospheric and interfacial processes. Examination of topics like atmospheric gaseous and multiphase components like bioaerosols. Study of photochemical, photophysical, and aerosol nucleation processes that affect air quality, climate change, and ecosystem health.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Prerequisites: CHEM 213, CHEM 273, MATH 222, MATH 315 or equivalents, or permission of the instructor.
• Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking ATOC 519.
• 3 lectures
• Cross Linked courses: ATOC 519

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Parisa A Ariya

Chemistry: An overview of advanced techniques at the leading edge of Chemical Biology, including some or all of: biological imaging, kinetics of enzyme inhibition, combinatorial synthesis, atomic force microscopy of biological molecules, self assembling biomimetic structures, oligonucleotide therapeutics, biomolecular X-ray crystallography, computational methods, and nuclear magnetic resonance applied to protein interactions.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisites: BIOL 200 and CHEM 345 and CHEM 302, or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Christopher Thibodeaux, Anthony K Mittermaier, Alexey Kostikov

Chemistry: Stereoisomers, their nomenclature and configuration. Conformational analysis, separation of stereoisomers, and stereocontrol in organic synthesis.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 302
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 623

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year

Chemistry: A practical course on the application of modern spectroscopic methods for the determination of structures of complex organic and organometallic compounds.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 302
• Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CHEM 352
• 3 hours lecture
• 1 hour Drop-in lab

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • James L Gleason

Chemistry: Fundamentals of x-ray diffraction related to small molecule structure resolution, space groups, diffraction theory, strategies for structure solution, and refinement will be covered.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 355 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • Scott Bohle

Chemistry: Advanced-level chemical reactivity and metal binding properties, advanced methods for synthesis, purification and characterization of DNA/RNA, non-canonical DNA/RNA structures and functions, self-assembly of functional nucleic acid-based materials, chemical and fluorescence-based methods for probing nucleic acids in vitro and in vivo, in vitro evolution of functional nucleic acids for biotechnology, and diagnostic and therapeutic applications of modified nucleic acids.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Prerequisites: CHEM 302 CHEM 332 or BIOL 200 BIOL 201 or permission of the instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Masad J Damha, Nathan Luedtke

Chemistry: The correlation of theory with physical measurements on organic systems; an introduction to photochemistry; solvent and substituent effects on organic reaction rates, etc.; reaction mechanisms.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 302

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Gonzalo Cosa, Nicolas Moitessier, Dima Perepichka

Chemistry: Quantum mechanical treatment of species of chemical interest. Introduction to perturbation theory, both time-dependent and time-independent. Treatment of the variational principle. Introduction to atomic spectra. Chemical bonding in terms of both the valence bond and molecular orbital theory. Elementary collision theory. Interaction of radiation with molecules.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisites: CHEM 345 and PHYS 242

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Patanjali Kambhampati

Chemistry: Synthetic methods in organic chemistry and their application to the synthesis of complex molecules.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisite: CHEM 382

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Jean-Philip Lumb

Chemistry: A survey course on the structure of polymers, kinetics and mechanisms of polymer and copolymer synthesis; characterization and molecular weight distributions; polymer microstructure, the thermodynamics of polymer solutions; the crystalline and amorphous states, rubber elasticity and structure-property relationships.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Fall
• Prerequisite(s): Prerequisites: CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 or CHEM 213 and CHEM 273, or CHEM 233 (for engineering students only), or permission of the instructor.
• Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CHEM 455 or CHEM 674.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Lucas Caire da Silva

Chemistry: Kinetic laws, measurement of reaction rates, transition state and collision theory, experimental techniques in reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms, RRKM theory, Marcus theory of electron transfer, photochemistry and catalysis. Recent developments and their application to chemical and biological problems. Elementary reactions in gas, solution and solid phases and on surfaces.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisites: CHEM 273 and CHEM 223/CHEM 243 (formerly CHEM 213).

• Terms
  • This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
• Instructors
  • Gonzalo Cosa

Chemistry: Principles of the physical chemistry of phase boundaries. Electrical double layer theory; van der Waals forces; Brownian motion; kinetics of coagulation; electrokinetics; light scattering; solid/liquid interactions; adsorption; surfactants; hydrodynamic interactions; rheology of dispersions.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Prerequisites: CHEM 345, MATH 233 and MATH 315, PHYS 241 and PHYS 242. Students who haven't taken CHEM 223 and CHEM 243 must have taken CHEM 273 or permission of instructor.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Theo van de Ven

Chemistry: Intermediate topics in statistical mechanics and related machine learning: ensemble theory, critical phenomena, static and time-dependent phenomena, linear response and fluctuations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation methods, data driven simulation methods: MaxEnt modeling, generative machine learning, active learning.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Winter
• Term paper
• Recommended: CHEM 345 and CHEM 365

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Yelena Simine

Chemistry: Fundamentals of materials characterization methods and their applications in materials chemistry. Topics include static and dynamic mechanical testing, vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and FTIR), surface-based spectroscopies (XPS, Auger), advanced electron microscopy methods, X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction (pXRD, WAXD, SAXS).

Offered by: Chemistry

• Prerequisite(s): CHEM 355 or equivalent, or permission of instructor

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Audrey H Moores

Chemistry: A systematic survey of the mechanisms of the most common organic reactions from studies of reactions in the current literature.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Chaojun Li

Chemistry: An advanced course in the synthesis of organic molecules with an emphasis on stereoselective transformations. Topics will include multiple bond formation, functional group interconversions, carbon-carbon bond formation and stereoselective oxidations and reductions.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Jean-Philip Lumb

Chemistry: A series of research-level seminars about topics of current interest in advanced materials. Topics include molecular and nanoelectronics, computational approaches to materials design and property predictions, new techniques in molecular and atomic imaging, advances in materials preparation, quantum devices and quantum computing.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Linda Reven

Chemistry: A seminar course designed for graduate students in chemistry which in conjunction with 不良研究所 Chemical Society will provide exposure to a broad range of special topics within the discipline.

Offered by: Chemistry

• 1 seminar
• Required of first year graduate students in Chemistry.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Lucas Caire da Silva

Chemistry: A seminar course designed for graduate students in chemistry which in conjunction with 不良研究所 Chemical Society will provide exposure to a broad range of special topics within the discipline.

Offered by: Chemistry

• 1 seminar
• Required of first year graduate students in Chemistry.

• Terms
  • Winter 2025
• Instructors
  • Lucas Caire da Silva

Chemistry: An evaluation that is completed before the end of the second year of registration.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Restriction: Restricted to graduate students in Chemistry.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Nicolas Moitessier

Chemistry: An evaluation that is completed before the end of the third year of registration.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Restriction: Ph.D. students in Chemistry.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Nicolas Moitessier

Chemistry: An evaluation that is completed before the end of the fourth year of registration.

Offered by: Chemistry

• Restriction: Ph.D. students in Chemistry.

• Terms
  • Fall 2024
• Instructors
  • Nicolas Moitessier