Organic Chemistry 206
Spring 2007
Instructors
C.
J. Abelt office:
D. M. Naistat office:
Textbooks
W. H. Brown, C. S. Foote and B. L. Iverson, Organic Chemistry, 4th Edition and B. Iverson and S. Iverson, Student Study Guide and Problems Book. PowerPoint slide handouts.
Model Kits
Darling Organic, Organometallic, Inorganic Model Set (may be used during tests).
Grading
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Test |
Coverage |
Points |
Day |
Date |
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Test 1 |
1 - 2, 4 |
200 |
Monday |
February 19 |
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Test 2 |
3, 5 - 6 |
200 |
Monday |
March 26 |
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Test 3 |
8, 12 - 13 |
200 |
Monday |
April 16 |
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Final Exam† |
6 – 9, 12-13 |
400 |
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total |
1000 |
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†Problem Sets |
1 - 9, 12 - 13 |
100 |
(100 of 400 points of the final) |
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Section 01 |
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Tuesday |
May 8 |
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Section 02 |
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Tuesday |
May 8 |
Problem Sessions
Semi-regular problem-working sessions
will be held on Monday from
Office Hours
CJA: Friday,
Website
The course website can be found in the College's Backboard course pages: http://courseinfo.wm.edu/. The course ID is CHEM206-01-S07.
Other
Test problems will be taken from the lecture and from the material and problems in the text. The tests will be composed of a variety of problems including multiple-choice and short answer. However, much emphasis will be placed on problems that require drawing structures.
Schedule
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Week
of |
Topics |
Chapter |
Sections |
Due |
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Jan 24 |
Structure and Bonding, Functional Groups |
1 |
1.1 – 1.4 |
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Jan 29 |
Polarity, Resonance, Molecular Orbital
Theory |
1 |
1.5 – 1.8 |
PS 1, 1/31 |
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Feb 5 |
Alkanes and Cycloalkanes:
Isomerism, Conformations and Nomenclature |
2 |
2.1 – 2.6 |
PS 2, 2/7 |
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Feb 12 |
Geometrical Isomers, Properties and
Reactions Acids and Bases |
2 4 |
2.7 – 2.9 4.1 – 4.6 |
PS 3, 2/14 |
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Feb 19 |
TEST 1 Stereochemistry |
1 - 2, 4 3 |
3.1 – 3.6 |
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Feb 26 |
Stereochemistry Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature and
Properties |
3 5 |
3.7 - 3.8 5.1 - 5.4 |
PS 4, 2/28 |
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Mar 5 |
Alkenes: Reactions |
6 |
6.1 – 6.4 |
PS 5, 3/7 |
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Mar 19 |
Alkenes: Reductions and Stereoselectivity |
6 |
6.5 – 6.7 |
PS 6, 3/21 |
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Mar 26 |
TEST 2 NMR Spectroscopy |
3, 5 – 6 13 |
13.1 – 13.10 |
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Apr 2 |
NMR Spectroscopy |
13 |
13.11, 13.13 |
PS 7, 4/4 |
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Apr 9 |
IR Spectroscopy Alkyl Halides and Radicals |
12 8 |
12.1 - 12.5 8.1 – 8.6, 8.8 |
PS 8, 4/11 |
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Apr 16 |
TEST 3 Substitution and Elimination |
8, 12 – 13 9 |
9.1 – 9.5 |
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Apr 23 |
Substitution and Elimination |
9 |
9.6 - 9.9 |
PS 9, 4/25 |
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Apr 30 |
Alkynes |
7 |
7.1 – 7.9 |
PS 10, 5/2 |
Suggested In-Chapter Problems: all
Suggested End-of-Chapter Problems
Chapter 1 31, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 55, 56, 65, 69,
70
Chapter 2 24,
25, 26, 30, 33, 41, 47, 48
Chapter 3 16, 17, 20, 26, 30, 31
Chapter 4 15, 34, 35, 38, 41, 42, 47
Chapter 5 14, 15, 20, 23, 24
Chapter 6 19, 20, 23, 25, 36, 38, 39, 44, 45, 47
Chapter 7 8, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, 23, 25
Chapter 8 8, 9, 14, 15, 25, 26, 28, 30
Chapter 9 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 22, 25, 34, 37, 38, 40, 45, 47, 51
Chapter 12 5, 6,
7, 11
Chapter
13 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 26
Working problems is
important for learning organic chemistry!
Problem sets
Problem similar to the suggested problems will be assigned for Chapters 1-9 and 12-13. They will not be graded, but 10 points will be awarded for their submission. The best 9 of 10 will count towards your grade. Everyone is automatically awarded 10 points. Late, incomplete or perfunctory submission will not be accepted. Answer keys will be posted on the web.
Final
Exam
The final exam will cover the
material learned in the last half of the course: reactions, mechanisms and spectroscopy. The exam will have questions worth a total of
300 points, and the other 100 points will come from the problem sets.
"Bad Exam Day” Policy
Your lowest, mean-relative 200 points – either a midterm or one-half of your final exam – will be dropped and replaced with either your next lowest, mean-relative midterm or final exam, whichever is better.