🐯 Princeton Chemistry unofficial reading list, fall 2026
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| Sophomore level | |
|---|---|
| General Chem. I / Applications in Modern Technology CHM 201 / 207 |
• Chemical Principles by Zumdahl & DeCoste |
| Junior level | |
|---|---|
| Organic Chem. I: Biological Emphasis CHM 301 |
• The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual: A Student’s Guide to Techniques by James W. Zubrick • Organic Chem. by Klein & Starkey ◦ Organic Chem.: Student Study Guide & Solutions Manual by Klein & Starkey |
| The Quantum World CHM 305 |
• Quantum Chem. by Donald A. McQuarrie ◦ Intro. to Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths & Schroeter |
| Organic Chem.: Bioengineering Emphasis CHM 337 |
• The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual: A Student’s Guide to Techniques by James W. Zubrick • Biochem. by Berg et al. • Organic Chem. by Klein & Starkey |
| Biochem. CHM 345 |
• Lehninger Principles of Biochem. by Nelson & Cox |
| Analytical Methods & Experimental Design CHM 373 |
• An Intro. to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements by John R. Taylor • Principles of Instrumental Analysis by Skoog et al. |
| Graduate level | |
|---|---|
| Basic Principles of Quantum Mechanics CHM 501 |
◦ Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Tools, and Applications by Cohen-Tannoudji et al. ◦ Quantum Mechanics, Volume 2: Angular Momentum, Spin, and Approximation Methods by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji et al. |
| Intro. to Statistical Mechanics CHM 503 |
• Intro. to Modern Statistical Mechanics by David Chandler ◦ Random Heterogeneous Materials: Microstructure & Macroscopic Properties by Salvatore Torquato |
| Adv. Inorganic Chem. CHM 522 |
◦ Chemical Applications of Group Theory by F. Albert Cotton ◦ Molecular Symmetry & Group Theory by Robert L. Carter |
| Inorganic Chem.: Modern Electrochem. CHM 524 |
• Electrochemical Methods: Fundamentals & Applications by Bard et al. |
| Synthetic Organic Chem. CHM 530 |
◦ Advanced Organic Chem.: Part B: Reaction & Synthesis by Carey & Sundberg ◦ Modern Physical Organic Chem. by Anslyn & Dougherty ◦ Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis by Kurti & Czako |
| Mechanistic & Physical Organic Chem. CHM 532 |
• Modern Physical Organic Chem. by Anslyn & Dougherty |