Maxwell J. Robb

Ch 41 abc. Organic Chemistry. 9 units (4-0-5); first, second, third terms, 2025-26. Prerequisites: Ch 1 ab or instructor's permission. The synthesis, structure, and reaction mechanisms of organic compounds.
Instructors: Robb (a), Hsieh-Wilson (b), Stoltz (c)

Ch 1 ab. General Chemistry. 6 units a (3-0-3) first term; b 9 units (4-0-5) second term; first, second terms, 2022-23. Lectures and recitations dealing with the principles of chemistry. First term: Chemical bonding-electronic structure of atoms, periodic properties, ionic substances, covalent bonding, Lewis representations of molecules and ions, shapes of molecules, Lewis acids and bases, Bronsted acids and bases, hybridization and resonance, bonding in solids. Second term: Chemical dynamics-spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetics, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, and introduction to organic chemistry. Graded pass/fail.
Instructors: Lewis (a), Chan, Robb (b)

Ch 144 ab. Advanced Organic Chemistry. 9 units (3-0-6); first term, 2022-23. Prerequisites: Ch 41 abc; Ch 21 abc recommended. An advanced survey of selected topics in modern organic chemistry. Topics vary from year to year and may include structural and theoretical organic chemistry; materials chemistry; macromolecular chemistry; mechanochemistry; molecular recognition/supramolecular chemistry; reaction mechanisms; reactive intermediates; pericyclic reactions; and photochemistry. Part a not offered 2022-23.
Instructor: Robb (b)

Ch/ChE 147. Polymer Chemistry. 9 units (3-0-6); first term, 2022-23. Prerequisites: Ch 41 abc. An introduction to the chemistry of polymers, including synthetic methods and mechanisms of macromolecule formation, characterization techniques, reactivity, and applications. Not offered 2022-23.
Instructor: Robb

Ch 1 ab. General Chemistry. Ch 1 a 6 units (3-0-3) first term; Ch 1 b 9 units (4-0-5) second term; , 2019-20. Lectures and recitations dealing with the principles of chemistry. First term: Chemical bonding-electronic structure of atoms, periodic properties, ionic substances, covalent bonding, Lewis representations of molecules and ions, shapes of molecules, Lewis acids and bases, Bronsted acids and bases, hybridization and resonance, bonding in solids. Second term: Chemical dynamics-spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetics, chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, and introduction to organic chemistry. Graded pass/fail.
Instructors: Lewis (a), Robb, Miller (b)