Winter 2012

Instructor: Dr. Arlene Courtney, NS 112
Office Hours: MW 9-11, W 1-2 (other hours by appointment)
Texts: Smith, "Organic Chemistry", 3rd Edition
Study Guide to accompany Smith
Other Materials:

Bound Laboratory Manual with carbon copy pages (for Ch 337 which is a co-requirement unless you have previously successfully completed it)
Molecular Model Set
Laboratory Goggles
Laboratory Syllabus

Course Description: This course will cover a number of the classes of reactions which organic molecules undergo including elimination, addition, oxidation-reduction and radical reactions and the functional groups that participate in these reactions. The use of spectroscopy for structure determination will also be covered.
The prerequisite for this course is successful completion of Ch 334.

COURSE SCHEDULE
Date Topic Text Reading Homework Problems (Text) Additional Resources
1/09 Introduction to Elimination Reactions Ch 8: 8.1-8.2 8.26-8.28
1/11 Elimination Reactions

 Ch 8: 8.3-8.5 8.33- 8.35, 8.37 E2 Reactions
Animated E2 Reaction

1/13
 

 Elimination Reactions Ch 8: 8.6-8.10 8.40- 8.43, 8.46, 8.47, 8.49-51  
1/16 No Class - MLK Holiday      

1/18

 Relationship of SN1, SN2, E1, E2

 Ch 8: 8.11 8.53- 8.55, 8.57, 8.59, 8.60 SN1 vs. SN2
Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
1/20 Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides: Nomenclature & Physical Properties

 Ch 9: 9.1-9.5 9.40-9.42, 9.44-9.46  
1/23 Dehydration of Alcohols

 Ch 9: 9.7-9.10 9.49 Carbocations
Carbocation Rearrangements
1/25 Conversion of Alcohols to Alkyl Halides

 Ch 9: 9.11-9.13 9.47, 9.48, 9.54, 9.56

1/27

 

 Reactions of Ethers & Epoxides Ch 9: 9.14-9.17 9.65- 9.71, 9.75, 9.78  
1/30 MIDTERM #1
2/01 Introduction to Alkenes

 Ch 10: 10.1-10.7 10.36-40, 10.44 Degree of Unsaturation
2/03 Addition Reactions
 Ch 10: 10.8-10.11 10.45- 10.48 Addition Reaction Movie (Alkene + HX)
Testing for Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
2/06 Addition Reactions

 Ch 10: 10.12-10.15 10.54- 10.59  
2/08 Addition Reactions Ch 10: 10.16-10.17 10.52, 10.53, 10.55, 10.50, 10.65, 10.66  
2/10 Organic Synthesis

 Ch 10: 10.18  10.72-10.75

 
2/13 Introduction to Alkynes

 Ch 11: 11.1-11.5  11.25 - 11.28  
2/15 Alkyne Reactions
 Ch 11: 11.6-11.10 11.28 -11.33  
2/17 Reactions of Acetylide Anion

Ch 11: 11.11-11.12

11.36-11.43, 10.45, 10.46

  
2/20 Reduction Reactions

 Ch 12: 12.1-12.6

12.32 - 12.36

PROBLEM SET #1 DUE

  
2/22 Oxidation Reactions

 Ch 12: 12.7-12.14 12.39-12.45, 12.47, 12.49 - 12.55, 12.63, 12.69, 12.71

 
2/24 Introduction to Radical Reactions
 Ch 15: 15.1-15.3 15.32- 15.34  
2/27 MIDTERM #2
2/29 Halogenation of Alkanes

 Ch 15: 15.4-15.10 15.35-15.40, 15.44, 15.45  
3/02 Radical Addition to Alkenes

 Ch 15: 15.11-15.14 15.48,15.51, 15.55, 15.62, 15.63  
3/05 Mass Spectroscopy

 Ch 13: 13.1-13.5    

3/07

IR Spectroscopy

 Ch 13: 13.6-13.8  
IR Problems

3/08 (lab)

 1H NMR Chemical Shift Ch 14: 14.1-14.5   Proton NMR Interpretation Tutorial
3/09 1NMR Spin-Spin Splitting Ch 14: 14.6-14.10

PROBLEM SET #2 DUE

 

 NMR/IR Practice Problems
3/12 Carbon-13 NMR Ch 14: 14.11-14.12   Carbon-13
3/14 Carbon-13 NMR      

3/15(lab)

 

 Spectroscopy Problems
     Organic Structure Elucidation Workbook
3/16 Spectroscopy Problems
   
3/16

CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM
Wednesday 8:00-10:00 AM

PROBLEM SET #3 DUE - Before taking the final exam


GRADING SCALE
MIDTERM EXAMS 2@100 pts 200 pts

A: 500-465 pts

B: 435-415 pts

C: 385-365 pts

D: 335-315 pts

F: Below 290  pts
QUIZZES 4@20 pts 80 pts
PROBLEM SETS 2@ 25 pts
1@ 50pts		 100 pts
CLASS PARTICIPATION   20 pts
FINAL EXAM   100 pts
  TOTAL 500 pts


QUIZZES:

Short chapter quizzes will be given on the days denoted by the symbol . Quizzes will be given at 8 am. The top 4 scores will be used in determining your grade. No make-up quizzes will be given for missing class or being late to class.

CLASS PARTICIPATION:

During many class periods, questions will be posed during the lecture that you will answer using a student response device ("clicker") The first activity we will do each class period is the clicker setup. You are expected to be in your seat ON TIME to do the set up. If you are late and do not set up your clicker, you will receive NO CREDIT for that day. Each day you can earn points on the following scale:

A factor will be used to adjust the points you earn to the 20 point scale used in the following manner:

Points earned toward your grade = (points you earned) x 20/total points available from class periods

I will periodically post a listing of points earned. DO NOT come to my office asking for that information each day. Since the answers to each question will be shown in the class, you should be able to determine if you earned 1, 0.5 or no points each day!

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. The quizzes will be based on the material covered by the homework problems.

PROBLEM SETS

Problem Sets are graded homework assignments not taken from the chapter homework assignments. A problem set is due at 8 am on the dates listed for it on the syllabus. A deduction of 5 points will be made for each day that the set is late, i.e., 5 pts deducted for assigments handed in from 9 am on the day due to 8 am next day; 10 pts deducted after 8 am the next day, etc. It is your responsibility to turn your assignment in on time. If you are not in class, you can email it as an attachment to courtna10@gmail.com. I will use the date/timestamp of the email to determine whether the assignment was submitted on time or not. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY. Everyone will have the same amount of time to do the work.

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. The final exam will be taken only at the officially scheduled time. DO NOT SCHEDULE OTHER COMMITTMENTS FOR THE WEDNESDAY MORNING OF FINALS WEEK, YOU MUST BE PRESENT FOR THE FINAL EXAM AT THAT TIME.

Cheating is a serious offense. If you cheat on any quiz, assignment or exam, the minimum penalty is a grade of zero for that work. Your conduct may also be referred to the Student Conduct Committee for assessment of a more severe penalty. Laboratory attendance is required. The experiments must be performed during the scheduled time period.


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