Overview

This site has been developed by Momolu O. Sancea and Shane Smiley for the use of the Chemistry 280 lecture class at James Madison University.  This site is devoted to the understanding of PC Spartan and all its applications.  By using this program students will be able to get a representation of what a 3-D model of a molecule would resemble.  PC Spartan is loaded on the Miller Network and can be accessed in the Miller Hall computer lab (Room G-18).

      The tutorial will take you through the molecular modeling process in steps.  It is suggested that you open an application in PC Spartan while you make your way through the tutorial.  All these tutorials are meant to be done in order as listed, so that it is easier to understand the program.

1.Summary of  PC Spartan screen: 
         Here the user will be able to click on certain parts of the screen and get an
         explanation of what the key accomplishes.                                          

2. Building A Molecule:
        The tutorial will lead you through, in detail, the steps needed to build a molecule.  You
        learn the basic skills that you will need to know to make a small molecule.

3.Minimization of the finished molecule:
       This will help you calculate the energy for the formation of the molecule from the
       lesson.

      PC Spartan is equipped with several different methods of analysis that allow you to calculate vibrations, energies, dipoles, etc.  Spartan performs these calculations using seven
methods.  Overview of these methods.