CATALOG 1952-1953


 CY. 505.-Organic Nitrogen Compounds. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3
credits. Prerequisite: CY. 518.
 Special lectures and collateral reading relative to the electronic and other theoretical
conceptions of organic compounds containing nitrogen. Explosives, pseudo-acids, certain
dyes, alkaloids, proteins, etc.
 CY. 506.-Special Topics in Organic Chemistry. 3 hours. 3 credits. Pre-
requisite: CY. 518.
 Lectures and collateral reading. In general, topics to be studied will be chosen
from the following list: stereochemistry, tautomerism, acetoacetic ester syntheses, malonic
ester syntheses, the Grignard reaction, benzene theories, diazo compounds, indicators
and electronic theories.
 CY. 509.-Electrochemistry of Solutions. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3
credits. Prerequisite: CY. 521 or its equivalent.
 A study of the theories of solutions from the standpoints of conductiometric and
electrometric phenomena; methods of measurements and applications.
 CY. 510.-Phase Rule. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3 credits.
 Heterogeneous equilibria in systems of one, two, three and four components.
 CY. 513.-Colloids. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3 credits.
 The preparation and study of the behavior of various types of colloid systems; the
phenomenon of adsorption; applications.
 CY. 515.-Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry. 3 hours. 3 credits.
 Discussion of crystallography, fire-assay, the goniometer isotopes, and isobars. The.
less common compounds of phosphorus, sulfur, nitrogen and silicon, peroxy-compounds
and ozone.
 CY. 516.-Rare Elements. 3 hours or !ts equivalent. 3 credits.
 A systematic discussion of the rarer elements, considered by periodic group relations
to each other and to the common elements. Uses of the rarer elements and their com-
pounds.
 CY. 517.-Synthesis and Structure of Organic Compounds. 2 hours, and
3 hours laboratory. 3 credits. Offered- 1.
 Typical reactions which are utilized in the synthesis and proof of structure of or-
ganic compounds; quantitative determination of carbon and hydrogen in simple organic
compounds and the determination of various characteristic groups.
 CY. 518.-Qualitative Organic Chemistry. 1 hour, and 6 hours laboratory.
3 credits. Prerequisite: CY. 517. Offered 2.
 The identification of organic compounds.
 CY. 519.-Inorganic Preparations (Electrochemical). 9 hours laboratory
or its equivalent. 3 credits.
 Typical laboratory processes for preparation of substances by electrolytic oxidation
and reduction.
 CY. 521.-Chemical Thermodynamics. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3 credits.
Prerequisites: one year of physical chemistry and differential and integral
calculus. Offered 1.
 Energetics, properties of ideal and non-ideal systems.


The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2, second semester; 3, summer session.