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INDEX TO THIS SYLLABUS
0. Schedule of Topics | 1. Texts and Resources | 2. Secrets to Success | 3. Problem Sessions |
4. Grading and Examinations | 5. Laboratory | 6. Sources of Help | 7. Ethics for Students |
Week of | Topic | Reading Prerequisites from McMurry and Enrichment Materials. References to Learning Objectives and Study Guide (LOSG) | Problem Sessions, Quizes and Links to Previous Exams and to Reaction Summaries and Quizzes |
Aug 27 | Review of Structure and Bonding | McMurry 1, LOSG I | Bonding |
Sep 1 | Review of Polar Bonds, Acids and Bases | McMurry 2, Formal Charge, Resonance, LOSG I | Bonding, Formal Charge |
Sep 8 | Alkanes and Cycloalkanes | McMurry 3, IUPAC Nomenclature of Hydrocarbons and Simple Organic Compounds, LOSG III | Nomenclature |
Sep 15 | Alkane Shape & Flexibility | McMurry 4, Petroleum, LOSG III | Conformation |
Sep 22 | Organic Reactions | McMurry 5, Determination of Mechanisms, Writing Mechanisms, LOSG I | Exam 1, to McM 4 |
Sep 29 | Alkene Structure | McMurry 6, Terminology for Isomers, Nomenclature of Stereoisomers, LOSG III, IV | Alkene Structure |
Oct 6 | Alkene Reactions and Synthesis | McMurry 7, Polymers and Plastics, Terpenes, LOSG I, IV, Organic Reactions, Writing Mechanisms | Mechanisms, Synthesis |
Oct 13 | Alkynes | McMurry 8, LOSG IV | Mechanisms, Synthesis |
Oct 20 | Stereochemical Configuration | McMurry 9, Nomenclature of Stereoisomers, Using Your Head and Hands, LOSG III | Exam 2, to McM 8 |
Oct 27 | Alkyl Halides | McMurry 10, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, LOSG V | Synthesis |
Nov 3 | Nucleophilic Substitution of Alkyl Halides | McMurry 11, Properties of Substitution and Elimination Reactions, LOSG I, V | Mechanisms, Synthesis |
Nov 10 | Elimination of Alkyl Halides | McMurry 11, Properties of Substitution and Elimination Reactions, LOSG IV, V | Mechanisms, Synthesis |
Nov 17 | Alcohols | McMurry 17, Oxidation and Reduction, LOSG VI | Exam 3, to McM 11 |
Nov 24 | Alcohols Thanksgiving |
McMurry 17, 18, LOSG VI | Mechanisms, Synthesis |
Dec 1 | Ethers & Epoxides | McMurry 18, Insect Control, LOSG VI | Mechanisms, Synthesis |
Dec 8 | Review | McM 1-13, 17, 18, all enrichment materials. See McM review pp 578-586, not 3.3, 3.4, 4.4, 4.5 |
Sweeting Reaction Summaries and Quizzes |
Dec 15 | FINAL EXAM, Thurs. Dec. 18, 8:00 - 10:00 am | McM 1-13, 17, 18, all enrichment materials. | FINAL EXAM |
3. Problem Sessions and Quizzes
7. Ethics for Students in Organic Chemistry