Course description: 
The main topics that are covered in this course include: atomic and electronic structure, elements of quantum mechanics. Periodic table of the elements. The chemical bond. Molecular structure and electronic structure of molecules. Equilibrium processes in the gas and in solutions. Fundamentals of energy, entropy, and free energy in chemical processes. Introduction to fundamental reactions and physical processes, kinetics of chemical reactions. Spectroscopic properties of matter and light-matter interactions. Balancing equations and quantitative treatment of chemical processes.