Syllabus

CH 334 Organic Chemistry

Fall 1997

Instructor:	Dr. Arlene Courtney, NS 104
Office Hours:	MWF 9-10, W, Th 1-2
Texts:	Carey, "Organic Chemistry", 3rd Edition Study Guide to accompany Carey Rodig, et.al. "Organic Chemistry Laboratory" Zubrick, "The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual Weeks, "Pushing Electrons"(Library reserve) Traynham, Organic Nomenclature; A Programmed Introduction(Library reserve)
Other Materials:	Chem Office Software (packaged with Carey Text) Bound Laboratory Manual with carbon copy pages Molecular Model Set
Course Description:	This course will emphasize the principles of inorganic chemistry that are most useful for predicting and explaining the chemistry of the elements and their most frequently encountered classes of compounds.

COURSE SCHEDULE
Date	Topic	Text Reading	Homework Problems (Text)	Other Assignments
9/29	Bonding & Lewis Structures Lecture Notes	Introduction Ch 1: 1.1-1.9		Weeks Ch 1 Ionic, Covalent & Polar Bonding Lewis Dot Structures
10/01	MO & VSEPR Theory Lecture Notes		1.20, 1.21, 1.25, 1.27, 1.29-31	Weeks p.49-60 Atomic & Molecular Orbitals VSEPR Theory Some VSEPR Problems
10/03	No Lecture			Chem Office Tutorials 1 & 2
10/06	No Lecture			Tutorials 6, 7,10
10/08	Molecular Geometry:Hybridization Lecture Notes	Ch 1:1.10-1.18	1.37, 1.38, 1.40, 1.42	Valence & Hybridization How To Predict Hybridization Orbital Hybridization Tutor
10/10	Molecular Structure & Properties		1.35, 1.36	Intermolecular Forces Physical Properties of Organic Compounds 1.43-1.46
10/13	Introduction to Carbon Compounds Lecture Notes	Ch 2:2.1-2.9		Bonding In Organic Molecules Conversions to Line Drawings Conversions From Line Drawings Unshared Pairs & Formal Charges Identifying Isomers 2.42
10/15	Saturated Hydrocarbons: Nomenclature Lecture Notes	Ch 2.10-2.14	2.17-2.20, 2.22,2.23, 2.25, 2.27, 2.30, 2.33	Constitutional Isomerism & Alkane Nomenclature Alkane Nomenclature Tutorial Cycloalkane Nomenclature Alkane Nomenclature Problem Sets:I, II
10/17	Saturated Hydrocarbons: Properties Lecture Notes	Ch 2: 2.15-2.19	2.36-2.38	2.44
10/20	Conformations of Acyclic Alkanes Lecture Notes	Ch 3: 3.1-3.5	3.14, 3.16-3.18	Tutorials 5, 8, 9 3.37a-c
10/22	Conformations of Cyclic Alkanes Lecture Notes	Ch 3: 3.6-3.17	3.21-3.24, 3.27, 3.33, 3.34	Cis-trans Isomers on Cyclohexane Rings Tutorial Conformations of Alkanes & Cycloalkanes Conformational Stability Cycloalkane Conformations 3.37d, 3.38, 3.39, 3.41
10/24	MIDTERM #1
10/27	Alcohols & Halides: Nomenclature & Properties Lecture Notes	Ch 4: 4.1-4.5	4.20, 4.21, 4.24, 4.26-4.28	Alkyl Halide Nomenclature
10/29	Acid-Base Concepts Lecture Notes	Ch 4: 4.6-4.8	4.29. 4.30	Acids & Bases Lewis vs. Bronsted Nucleophilicity vs. Basicity
10/31	Reaction of Alcohols with HX Lecture Notes	Ch 4: 4.9-4.14	4.31	4.49-4.52 Carbocations Animated SN2 Reaction Energy Diagrams
11/03	Other Syntheses of Alkyl Halides Lecture Notes	Ch 4.15-4.21	4.32-4.34, 4.38, 4.41, 4.44
11/05	Alkenes: Structure & Nomenclature Lecture Notes	Ch 5:5.1-5.7	5.20, 5.22-5.26
11/07	Elimination Reactions Lecture Notes	Ch 5: 5.8-5.13		5.45, 5.46, 5.49 Carbocation Rearrangements
11/10	Elimination Reactions Lecture Notes	Ch 5: 5.14-5.18	5.28-5.30, 5.33-5.36, 5.40, 5.41, 5.43, 5.44	E2 Reactions Animated E2 Reaction
11/12	Hydrogenation of Alkenes Lecture Notes	Ch 6: 6.1-6.3	6.35	6.56, 6.60
11/14	Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes Lecture Notes	CH 6: 6.4-6.9
11/17	Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes Lecture Notes	Ch 6: 6.10-6.17	6.23,6.28. 6.30, 6.39, 6.41, 6.42	6.57
11/19	Structure Analysis & Synthesis Lecture Notes	Ch 6: 6.18-6.23	6.31, 6.45, 6.49-6.51, 6.53	6.57 Degree of Unsaturation
11/21	MIDTERM #2			Organic Chemistry Reaction Study Aids
11/24	Enantiomers Lecture Notes	Ch 7: 7.1-7.9	7.21, 7.23, 7.25	7.43-7.45Single stereocenters
11/26	Diastereomers Lecture Notes	Ch 7: 7.10-7.17	7.26, 7.28, 7.30, 7.34, 7.35, 7.38	7.46-7.48 Multiple stereocenters Roadmap for Classification of Isomers Stereochemistry Online
12/01	S_N2 Reactions	Ch 8: 8.1-8.8	8.17, 8.19	8.43, 8.45
12/03	S_N1 Reactions	Ch 8: 8.9-8.13	8.21, 8.23, 8.27	8.44, 8.47
12/05	Substitution vs. Elimination	Ch 8: 8.14-8.17	8.29, 8.30, 8.33, 8.42	Substitution & Elimination Rxns of Alkyl Halides
12/08	CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM 8:00 AM

GRADING SCALE
MIDTERM EXAMS	2@100 pts	200 pts	A: 500-465 pts B: 464-415 pts C: 414-365 pts D: 364-315 pts F: Below 315 pts
READING QUIZZES	20@5 pts	100 pts
FINAL EXAM		100 pts
LABORATORY		100 pts
	TOTAL	500 pts

QUIZZES:

Short (~5 minute) quizzes will be given on the days denoted by the symbol

. These quizzes will cover the assigned reading material listed for that class period. Quizzes will be given at 8 am. The top 20 scores will be used in determining your grade.

HOMEWORK:

You are expected to have completed the reading assignment given for a particular date before coming to lecture on that date. The homework problems are intended to be completed after the lecture on the date listed. Working the assigned homework problems is essential to success in organic chemistry. These assignments will NOT be graded by the instructor. In working the homework assignments, it is best to have read the testbook and studied the lecture material first. Try to work each problem as if it were a question on an examination. If you cannot answer the problem correctly, go back and reread the text and your lecture notes pertaining to the topic.

CLASS POLICIES:

It is your responsibility to be present at the times scheduled for exams. THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP EXAMS GIVEN IN THIS COURSE. If you must miss an exam due to illness, the course grade will be determined by doubling the score on the final exam. Laboratory attendance is required. The experiments must be performed during the scheduled time period.