Syllabus Chemistry 8 On Line. Elementary Organic Chemistry. J. Dekker, Reedley College. Spring 2005. General Information: Lecture: All lecture materials and notes will be presented on-line. Mandatory class sessions are all in PHY 77 at Reedley College! They are all at 12:15 pm on F 1/14, F 2/11, F 3/11 and 4/15! Office: Reedley College (RC) PHY 78, phone # (559) 638-0353 email: jan.dekker@reedleycollege.edu Office hours: MW 1:00 pm-2:00, F 9:00 am- 10:30 or by appointment Chemistry Department web site: http://www.reedleycollege.com/academic/departments/msande/jdekker/index.html Essential: Bookmark my web site, check the Chem 8 site at least 3 times per week, and bookmark my email address on your computer. The first class meeting is Friday January 14, 2005 @ 12:15 pm, in PHY 77 at Reedley College. This is to get acquainted and to give you some direction. In fact, email me now! and we will get started. I need your email address as a way to communicate with you asap. Here is how to get a head-start for this course: Review Lewis structures. Know what bonding pairs and lone pairs are! Try to draw Lewis structures of some (organic) molecules, such as H2CO, formaldehyde; NH3, ammonia; and CH3NH2, methylamine. 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 entering the advanced organic chemistry course (Chem 28 A) might want to take this class. We will make a study of the reactions of principal functional groups with emphasis on theory and practical applications. We will study some basic reaction mechanisms and using computer programs we will learn how to analyze Infrared (I.R.) Spectra and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (N.M.R.) Spectra. Text book. Required: Philip Bailey, Christina Bailey, Organic Chemistry, 6th edition, Prentice Hall. As a reference many other excellent text books are available at Reedley College in PHY 77 and 78 and on line at halfebay.com and amazon.com/uk. You may borrow the textbooks from the lab (PHY 77), read brief sections, do some problems, in short: use them, take them home as long as they are returned. Good texts are listed at the end of this syllabus. Quizzes and exams. There will be two quizzes, which will cover the material discussed in the previous on line lectures. The average score of the quizzes is worth 35% of your final grade. You have the option to request one more individual quiz to boost your grade. That quiz will be averaged with the other two to contribute to the 35% of your final grade. Including the final there will be a total of two exams, typically covering more material than a quiz. The final will be equally weighted as the other exam and the average of the two exams comes down to 50% of your final grade. Fraudulent behavior (copying, peaking, cheating) during quizzes, exams and in home work assignments is graded with a zero (=0%). A no show for a quiz or exam can not be made up. Dates of quizzes and exams Friday 2/11, 12:10 pm, noon Quiz 1 at RC in PHY 77 Friday 3/11, 12:10 pm, noonExam 1 at RC in PHY 77 Friday 4/15, 12:10 pm, noonQuiz 2 at RC in PHY 77 Monday 5/16, 1:00 pm - 3:00 Final Exam at RC in PHY 77 Grading: The average of graded homework and pop quizzes is worth 15% of your final grade in the class. If the student has fulfilled all the assignments properly and submitted in time the lowest grade of the quizzes will be dropped. 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. Drop date: The final drop date is FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2005. After that day a letter grade (A-F) must appear on your transcripts. To avoid a W you need to drop the class before January 28, 2005. Homework: Homework will be assigned often. It is essential to your success in this class that you do your homework and the assigned readings offered at the web site. Occasionally, homework will be collected and selected problems will be graded. Due dates and due times for homework are firm and are clearly announced a week ahead of time. The average of graded homework is 15% of your grade in this class! Attendance: Attendance at the quizzes and exams is mandatory. In general for all my classes: leaving early, excessive tardiness, the use of cell phones, sleeping during the class meeting and poor class participation are all considered disruptive behavior and will cause you to loose the incentive mentioned above. 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. Each of these topics will take approximately two weeks. 1. Covalent Bonding and Shapes of Molecules. 2. Acids and Bases. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes. 3. Chirality. 4. Alkenes and Alkynes. 5. Reactions of Alkenes. 6. Haloalkanes. Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions. 7. Alcohols, Ethers and Thiols. 8. Benzene and Its Derivatives. Structure Determination. M.S., I.R. and N.M.R. 9. Biomolecules. The instructor is not available during Spring Recess which is from Monday 3/21 through Saturday 3/26. Recommended readings, computer programs and CD ROM's available at RC in PHY 77 and FEM 4E. 1. Solomons, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry. 2. Brown, Introduction to Organic Chemistry. 3. Luceigh, Organic Chem TV I and II. A very instructive CD ROM developed at UCLA with graphic visualizations of hybridizations and organic reactions. 4. Lampman, Organic Nomenclature. An introduction to the IUPAC System. An excellent computer program including a tutorial. 5. McMurry. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry. 6. Bailey and Bailey. Organic Chemistry. JD/January 2005