Statistical mechanical interpretation of the thermodynamic laws, Statistical view of entropy; Deducing 2nd and 3rd laws of thermodynamics from statistical considerations; Free energies, chemical potentials, partial molar quantities; Boltzmann distribution, partition functions and statistical mechanics of simple gases and solids; Chemical equilibrium and equilibrium constant in terms of partition functions; Qualitative correlations between reaction rate and equilibria. Structural effects on rate and equilibria in organic systems; substituents and solvent effects. The Hammett and Taft equations; conformational equilibria in acyclic compounds. Structural effects on rate and equilibria in inorganic systems: Linear free energy relationship in ligand substitution kinetics; physical kinetics; transition states; Elements of absolute rate theory, reaction dynamics, ions in solution; cooperativity.

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