Information Package / Course Catalogue
General Chemistry II
Course Code: KMY102
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 4
Prt.: 2
Credit: 5
Lab: 0
ECTS: 6
Objectives of the Course

This course aims to teach students general chemistry concepts, the importance of chemistry in our lives and its relations with other branches of science and to gain basic chemistry knowledge and problem-solving skills.

Course Content

Solutions and their Physical Properties, Chemical Kinetics, Chemical Equilibrium, Acids and Bases, Acid and Base Equilibria, Complex Ion Equilibrium and Solubility, Entropy and Gibbs Energy, Electrochemistry, Transition Metals, Complex Ions and Coordination Compounds, Structures of Organic Compounds.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Muhammet Emin GÜNAY
Learning Outcomes
1.Prepares solutions at different concentrations, knows colligative properties.
2.Finds the rate law expression of a reaction and calculates the rate constant k, describes the role of activation energy in determining the rate of a reaction, and understands reaction mechanisms and how they give rise to rate laws.
3.Calculates chemical equilibrium concentrations and equilibrium constant K, knows the factors affecting equilibrium, and uses Le Chatelier's principle.
4.Knows acid-base definitions, calculates pH and pOH values, knows the common ion effect and applies it to hydrolysis problems, knows the concept of buffer solution and calculates pH-pOH, knows neutralization reactions, and draws titration curves.
5.Understands the solubility product expressions and calculate the Kçç in chemical calculations, and know the criteria of collapse and complete collapse.
6.Understands thermodynamic functions, enthalpy, entropy, and free energy and calculations, predicts whether the reaction is spontaneous at various temperatures, and uses ?G to calculate K values.
7.Knows how to equate oxidation-reduction reactions, writes half- and general cell reactions, calculates standard and non-standard cell potentials, knows and applies the Nernst equation and uses it in problems, and knows the relationship between Ehcell, ?G, and Kd.
8.Recognize coordination compounds, identify ligand and donor atoms, determine the coordination number and oxidation step of the metal and complex ion charge, and nomenclature coordination compounds.
9.Recognize organic compounds: alkane, alkene, alkyne, and aromatic hydrocarbons nomenclature them, and know the functional groups.
10.Uses chemistry knowledge correctly in the courses and laboratories in the following years, understands the applications of chemistry in daily life, and follows the developments in the chemical industry with the knowledge acquired.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.General Chemistry-Principles and Modern Applications, 10th Edition; Petrucci, Herring, Madura, Bissonnette, 2010.
2.Chemistry, 11th Edition, Raymond Chang, Kenneth A. Goldby, 2012.
3.Chemistry, C. E. Mortimer, 1987.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical & Practice
Solutions and their Physical Properties, Solution Concentration.
Week 2 - Theoretical & Practice
Osmotic Pressure, Freezing-Point Depression and Boiling-Point Elevation.
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
Chemical Kinetics, The Rate of a Chemical Reaction, Half-Life, Concentrations and Rates of Reaction, Reaction Mechanisms, Rate Equation and Temperature, Catalysis.
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
Reversible Reactions and Chemical Equilibrium, Equilibrium Constant, Le Chatelier's Principle (Quiz).
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
Acid-Base Concepts and Definitions (Arrhenius, Lowry-Brönsted, Lewis Acid-Bases), pH-pOH Concept, Strong-Weak Acid-Base pH calculations, Molecular Structure and Acid-Base Behavior.
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
Common Ion Effect, Hydrolysis, Buffer Solutions, Acid-Base Indicators.
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
Neutralization Reactions and Titration Curves, Solutions of Salts of Polyprotic Acids.
Week 8 - Theoretical & Practice
Solubility and Complex Ion Equilibria, Solubility Product Constant (Ksp), Criteria for Precipitation and Its Completeness, Fractional Precipitation (Midterm Exam).
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Entropy and Gibbs Energy, The Concept of Entropy , The Second Law of Thermodynamics, Gibbs Energy Change, Coupled Reactions.
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Electrochemistry, Electrode Potentials and their Measurement.
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Ecell, ?G ve Kd Concepts and Calculations.
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Transition Elements and General Properties, Complex Ions and Coordination Compounds, Werner's Theory, Nomenclature, Isomerism (Quiz).
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Structures of Organic Compounds: Alkanes, Alkenes, Alkynes.
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Structures of Organic Compounds: Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Organic Compounds Containing Functional Groups.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Quiz2%20
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140456
Lecture - Practice140228
Quiz25112
Midterm Examination120222
Final Examination130232
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)150
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
5
OÇ-2
4
3
OÇ-3
4
3
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
4
OÇ-6
3
OÇ-7
OÇ-8
OÇ-9
OÇ-10
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026