Instructor: | Dr. Arlene Courtney, DSC 214 |
Office Hours: | M 9-11; W 9-11, W 1-2 (other hours by limited appointments) |
Texts: | Smith, "Organic Chemistry", 4th Edition Study Guide to accompany Smith |
Other Materials: |
Bound Laboratory Manual with carbon copy pages |
Course Description: | This course will cover the organic chemistry of carbonyl compounds,
carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid derivatives and amines emphasizing their
structures, properties, reactions, syntheses and spectroscopic properties. The prerequisite for this course is successful completion of Ch 335. |
Date | Topic | Text Reading | Homework Problems (Text) |
3/28 | Conjugation & Resonance | Ch 16: 16.1-16.11 | Ch 16: 28, 29, 30-33, 35-39, 43 |
3/30 | Diels-Alder Reaction | Ch 16: 16-12-16.16 | Ch 16: 47-59, 61, 65, 66 |
4/01 | Molecular Orbital Theory | ||
4/04 | Benzene: Structure & Nomenclature | Ch 17: 17.1-17.6 | Ch 17: 28-30 |
4/06 | Aromaticity | Ch 17: 17.7-17.11 | Ch 17: 31-35, 38, 41, 47, 48, 51-58 |
4/08 | Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution | Ch 18: 18.1-18.5 | |
4/11 | EAS- Substituted Benzenes | Ch 18: 18.6-18.10 | Ch 18:36, 38-40, 44-47, 52, 54, 56 |
4/13 | EAS-Disubstituted Benzenes | Ch 18: 18.11-18.14 | Ch 18: 38, 41, 70-73 |
4/15 | Synthesis of Benzene Compounds | Ch 18: 18.15 | Ch 18: 64-67 |
4/18 | Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature & Properties | Ch 19: 19.1-19.7 | Ch 19: 28, 29, 32 |
4/20 | Carboxylic Acids: Reactions | Ch 19: 19.8-19.14 | Ch 19: 33-38, 47, 51,54, 57-59, 65, 66 |
4/22 | MIDTERM #1 | ||
4/25 | Carbonyl Compounds: Oxidation & Reduction | Ch 20: 20.1-20.8 | Ch 20: 38 a-f, 46, 72 |
4/27 | Organometallics | Ch 20: 20.8-20.12 | Ch 20: 38-40 g-l, 73, 75 |
4/29 | Organometallics in Synthesis | Ch 20: 20.13-20.17 | Ch 20: 43-48, 52, 53, 58, 65, 69-71, 74, 83, 84 |
5/02 |
Aldehydes & Ketones: Nomenclature & Properties |
Ch 21: 21.1-21.6 | Ch 21: 42, 43 |
5/04 | Aldehydes & Ketones: Reactions | Ch 21: 21.7-21.10 | Ch 21: 45 a-e,46, 47, 54 |
5/06 | Aldehydes & Ketones: Reactions continued | Ch 21: 21.11-21.17 | Ch 21: 45 f-j, 48-50, 57-59, 67, 68 |
5/09 | Carboxylic Acid Derivatives | Ch 22: 22-1-22.6 | Ch 22: 40-42, 81-85 |
5/11 | MIDTERM #2 | ||
5/13 | Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution | Ch 22: 22.7-22.18 | Ch 22:46-47 |
5/16 | Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution | Ch 22:47-51, 53, 54, 56, 57, 66, 67, 69, 72 | |
5/18 | Enols & Enolates | Ch 23: 23.1-23.5 | Ch 23:30, 32-36 |
5/20 | Enolate Reactions | Ch 23: 23.6-23.10 | Ch 23: 45, 46, 48, 52, 54, 57, 62, 66, 67 |
5/23 | Aldol & Related Condensations | Ch 24: 24.1-24.6 | Ch 24: 28,30-32, 35, 36, 38,40,41 |
5/25 | Condensations Continued | Ch 24: 24.7-24.10 | Ch 24: 43, 44,46-50, 61-64, 68 |
5/26 | Academic Showcase (details to follow) | ||
5/27 | Amines: Nomenclature & Properties | Ch 25: 25.1-25.6 | Ch 25: 42, 43, 46, 47 |
6/01 | Amines: Preparation & Reactions | Ch 25: 25.7-25.17 | Ch 25:54-61, 65, 67, 68, 76, 80, 82, 84, 85 |
6/03 | TBA | ||
6/10 | CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM (American
Chemical Society exam for organic chemistry) will begin at 7:45 am.
This is a national standardized,120 minute timed exam so you must be in your seats by 7:45 am. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE EXAM IN THE TIME SPECIFIED BY THE UNIVERSITY WHICH IS ON FRIDAY!!!!! DON'T even ask to move it. |
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MIDTERM EXAMS | 2@100 pts | 200 pts | A: 550-511
pts B: 478-456 pts C: 423-401 pts D: 368-346 pts F: Below 330 pts |
QUIZZES | 4@20 pts | 80 pts | |
FINAL EXAM | 120 pts | ||
PROBLEM SETS | 75 pts | ||
CLASS PARTICIPATION | 75 pts | ||
TOTAL | 550 pts |
Short quizzes will be given on the days denoted by the symbol . These quizes may include questions based on the homework assignment, BUT will NOT be limited to the assigned homework problems.
Calculated by:
Points earned* 75/(total points available-8)