Chemistry 251

Schedule

Summer 2009

 

Date

Class

Topics

Reading*

Notes
05/18 1 Introduction, syllabus, protocols, O=CHem website, ChemSketch, Q&A Syllabus -----
2 Basic principles, Coulomb's law, electronegativity, polarity Topics: Coulomb's law, polarity Coulomb's law,
polarity
3 The periodic table, electron configurations, Lewis structures, filled shell rules Topics: The periodic table, 1.1-1.4 Lewis structures_1,
Lewis structures_2
Mistakes
05/20 4 Coulomb's law, electron density, intermolecular interactions 1.5, 1.10 Secondary bonding
5 Lewis structures, VSEPR theory, hybridization 1.6-1.10, 2.20-2.21 Bonding theories
6 Acid-base chemistry, reaction mechanisms 1.11-1.17, 8.3 Acid-base chemistry I
05/27 7 Acid-base chemistry, reaction mechanisms, functional groups, pattern recognition Handout Acid-base chemistry II
8 13C-NMR spectroscopy, DEPT 13.14-13.18, J. Chem. Educ. 1992, 69, 779-782 Symmetry
13C-NMR Basics
9 Alkanes, isomers, 2.1-2.10, 2.17 Isomers
C6H14 isomers: 1, 2, 3, 4
06/01 10 1st Hour Exam Review -----
11 Special Topic Natural Products -----
06/03 9 Nomenclature 2.11-2.15 Rules of the Name
12 Redox reactions 2.18 Calculating oxidation levels
13 Conformational analysis 3.1-3.10, 3.12 Conformations
06/08 14 NMR spectroscopy: 1H-NMR 13.1-13.13 H-NMR Basics
Chemical shifts: 1, 2, 3, 4
15 NMR spectroscopy: 1H-NMR
16 NMR spectroscopy: 1H-NMR
06/10 17 2nd exam Practice problems: C-NMR_1; H-NMR_1
C-NMR_2; H-NMR_2
C-NMR_3; H-NMR_3		 Answer key
18 Special Topic Chemical Evolution -----
06/15 19 Geometric isomers 3.11, 5.3-5.4 Classifying isomers
20 Functional groups, alcohols and alkyl halides 4.1-4.6 The Family Tree
21 IR spectroscopy 13.20-13.22 -----
06/17 22 Mass Spectrometry 13.24-13.25 Fragmentation
23 Reactions of alcohols 4.7-4.14 Introduction to alcohols
24 Free radical halogenation 4.15-4.18 Radical chain reactions
06/22 25 3rd Exam Review -----
26 Special Topic Sigmatropic rearrangements -----
06/24 27 Alkenes 5.1-5.7 Alkene structures
28 Dehydration and dehydrohalogenation 5.8-5.18 Elimination Overview
29 Addition reactions of alkenes 6.1-6.11, 6.15-6.17 Addition of HX and H2O
06/29 30 Hydroboration of alkenes 6.12-6.15 Addition of H2O-again
31 Symmetry and chirality 7.1-7.14 Enantiomers and Diastereomers
32 The Sn2 reaction 8.1-8.5, 8.12 All things considered
07/01 33 4th exam ----- -----
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Final exam

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*  The numbers refer to the sections in each chapter of the text Organic Chemistry, 7th ed. by Francis A. Carey.  You should have completed the reading before the class in which we will be discussing each topic.