Subject: Syllabus Chemistry 8
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Syllabus Chemistry 8. Elementary Organic Chemistry.

Section 57109

V. Cornel, Reedley College. Spring 2009.

Office: Reedley College (RC) LFS-B/PHY 78, phone # (559) 638-3641 ext 3449

email: [email-masked]  Write “CHEM8” as the subject

Office hours: MWF 11-12, CHEM8 tutorials on Fridays 3-4pm in LFS-A/PHY 77

We will start the semester in LFS-C, and then once construction is completed we will move to PHY 77

Course objectives. Chem 8 is an elementary organic chemistry course for pre-med, pre-pharmacy, pre-dental, pre-vet students and forestry and ecology majors. In addition, dietetic majors and students that would like to have a better background in organic chemistry before starting the advanced organic chemistry (Chem 28A) may want to take this class. We will make a study of the reactions of principal functional groups with emphasis on theory and practical applications. In addition, some basic reaction mechanisms will be studied and with the aid of computer programs we will learn how to analyze Infrared (I.R.) Spectra and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (N.M.R.) Spectra. Organic Nomenclature is an essential component of this course as well as drawing Lewis diagrams. A computer program will be used to practice the naming of organic compounds.

Required Text book:  Paula Bruice “Essential Organic Chemistry”, published by Prentice Hall, 2006.

Grading:  There will be four exams, which will cover the material discussed in the previous on-line lectures.  Exams will count 80% of your grade divided equally between the four exams. Homework assignments will count 20%.  The following break off is used for grading: A 90% or more, B 80-89%, C 70-79%, D 60-69%, F 59% or less.

Fraudulent behavior (copying, peaking, cheating) during quizzes, exams and in home work assignments is graded with a zero (0%).

Dates of exams:

Wed  2/11 @ 3-4pm in LFS-C

Wed  3/11 @ 3-4pm in PHY-77

Wed  4/15 @ 3-4pm in PHY-77

Wed  5/20 @ 12-1:50pm in PHY-77

Attendance: Attendance at the exams is mandatory, unless we have made an arrangement at another time for a make-up exam with a special proctor assigned by me. Make-up exams must be taken within one week of the exam.

Optional Review Sessions: Every Friday from 3-4pm in LFS-A/PHY-77. This is for the online students, but you are welcome to attend. There will be no review sessions on 2/6,  3/13,  4/17 or 5/15 (online class exam days) or on 2/13 (Lincoln Day). There is also free tutoring available in our tutorial center next to the library. The textbook is available to use in the library, as well as another textbook (Bailey and Bailey) for additional problems. The answers for the Bailey textbook are available online (see below).

Drop date: The final drop date is FRIDAY March 13, 2009. After that day a letter grade (A-F) must appear on your transcripts. To avoid a "W", for withdrawal, you need to drop the class before Friday January, 2009.  If you wish to change to a Pass/No-Pass grading basis you need to do so before February 17.  If I have not received assignments from you for 2 weeks, and you have not contacted me during those two weeks, you may be dropped from the class (up until the drop-date).

Homework: Homework will posted every week under “Assignments” on Blackboard. Students should complete these individually and hand them in to me by the due date. Late assignments will be accepted at the Wednesday lecture, but points will be deducted for each day it is late. It is essential to your success in this class that you attend lectures, read the chapters assigned from your textbook, read the notes posted on Blackboard, and complete the homework assignments on Blackboard every week. You need to spend at least 3 hours a week studying the material and doing the homework assignments.  The average of graded homework is worth 20% of your final grade in the class. No make-up assignments will be given, but one homework assignment with the lowest grade will be dropped.

Important: If you have a verified need for an academic accommodation or materials in alternate media (i.e., Braille, large print, electronic text, etc.) per the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, please contact me as soon as possible.

Lecture topics.

We will cover half a chapter a week for the first two weeks, and then a chapter each week. The following topics and chapters will be covered:

1. Covalent Bonding and Shapes of Molecules. Lewis structures and calculation of electronegativity differences. Polar covalent and non-polar covalent bonds.

2. Acids and Bases.

3. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes. The basics of organic nomenclature.

4. Alkenes and Alkynes. Nomenclature

5. Reactions of Alkenes. The rule of Markovnikov and its mechanistic background.

7. Benzene and its Derivatives. Nomenclature and reactivity of substituted benzene rings

8. Chirality and stereo-isomerism. Asymmetric carbon atoms and their effects on stereochemical behavior.

10. Haloalkanes. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. Replacement of the halogen by nucleophiles such as cyanide, alkoxide and azide.

11. Alcohols, Ethers and Thiols. Nomenclature and synthesis of the three major functional groups.

15. Structure Determination: Infrared and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Analysis of IR and NMR spectra.

16/17/20/21. Biomolecules. An introduction to carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins and nucleic acids.

Course Objectives

In the process of completing this course, students will:

A.  Learn how to analyze the structural formula of an organic compound, recognize its functional groups and learn how to name it properly using the IUPAC nomenclature.

B.  Gain an understanding of how to draw structural formulas and line-bond formulas given the systematical name of an organic compound and vice versa.

C.  Gain a basic understanding of stereochemistry, recognizing asymmetric carbon atoms that cause chirality.

D.  Learn how to complete the reactions of basic aliphatic and aromatic molecules and practice writing correct reaction mechanisms.

E.   Learn how to analyze simple IR and NMR spectra and determine the structure of an unknown compound.

Recommended readings, computer programs and internet sites:

My copies of these textbooks are available to use in LFS-B/PHY 77.

1. Lampman, Organic Nomenclature. An introduction to the IUPAC System. Excellent tutorials on our laptops computers in LFS-B

2. Traynham: Organic Nomenclature

3. Organic Chem. Website: http://www.cem.msu.edu/~reusch/VirtualText/intro1.htm

4. Bailey and Bailey, Organic Chemistry (previous textbook for this course). Study guide and solutions manual available at http://chemweb.calpoly.edu/cbailey/BaileyText/. Textbook still available in the RC library.

5. McMurry: Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry.

6. Solomons: Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry.

7. Brown: Introduction to Organic Chemistry.

CHEM8 Spring 2009

Week

Date

Assignment Due

1

Jan 19

Jan 21

Martin Luther King holiday

1: Chapter (1.1-1.4)

2

Jan 26

2: Chapter (1.4-1.9) and (1.11-1.12)

3

Feb 2

3: Chapter (2.1) and (3.1-3.4)

4

Feb 11

Exam 1

5

Feb 16

Feb 18

Washington Holiday

6

Feb 23

4: Chapter (3.5-3.10)

7

Mar 2

5: Chapter (4.1-4.2) and (4.4-4.5)

8

Mar 9

6: Chapter (4.7) and (5.1-5.12)

Mar 11

Exam 2

Mar 13

Drop Date

9

10

Mar 23

7: Chapter (6.1-6.2) and (7)

11

Mar 30

8: Chapter (8.1-8.10)

Apr 6-10

Spring Recess

12

Apr 13

9: Chapter (10.1-10.4)

13

Apr 15

Exam 3

14

15

Apr 27

10: Chapter (11.1-11.4) and (11.6)

16

May 4

11: Chapter (15.12-15.16)

17

May 11

12: Chapter (17.1) and (17.6)

18

May 20

Final Exam