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Course Syllabus
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
Chemistry 2310, Section 1
Dixie State College of Utah
Fall 2006
Course instructor: Sarah Morgan Office: 121 Science Building Office hours: 11-12 Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri Phone: (435) 652- E-mail address: smblack@dixie.edu When class meets: Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri from 10:00 to 10:50 am (plan to attend every day!)
Course description and objectives
Chemistry 2310 is the first of two semesters of organic chemistry offered at Dixie State College. You should also be registered for the accompanying lab, Chem 2315, unless you have already taken it. You should have already completed the general chemistry series – Chem 1210, 1220, 1215, and 1225 (concurrent enrollment in Chem 1220, 1225, 2310, and 2315 may be permitted with instructor permission and when space permits).
The organic chemistry series will prepare you for upper division course work in pre- professional, science, and engineering programs. It will also help you to have a greater appreciation for the organic chemistry that happens all around (and inside) you every day.
This course is designated as a service learning course (SL). Since it is the only section of the course, the service learning component is optional, rather than taking the place of any assignments. It will require about one to two hours a week.
When you are finished with this course, you should be able to:
- Classify organic compounds and represent them appropriately using line structures. This semester will focus on alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes. The remaining functional groups will be covered in the second semester.
- Explain the structures (hybridization, geometry, and polarity) and compare physical properties (boiling point, melting point, solubility, conformations, and stability) of compounds containing these functional groups.
- Use the rules of nomenclature to give correct names for compounds containing these functional groups, draw correct structures which correspond to a name, and correctly use and recognizing common names.
- Use principles of stereochemistry to locate stereocenters and label stereoisomers, identify chiral compounds, give stereochemical relationships between molecules, use Fischer projections, solve optical activity problems, and identify stereochemical results of a reaction.
- Use IR and NMR spectroscopy to characterize and identify organic compounds.
- Give starting materials, reagents, and products for reactions of alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes.
- Use mechanistic principles to recognize nucleophiles and electrophiles, acids, and bases, and correctly draw the mechanisms of selected reactions; also use mechanisms to predict the regio- and stereoselectivity of products.
- Create multi-step syntheses by combining reactions.
Disability Accommodations
If you are a student with a physical or mental impairment and would like to request accommodations, please contact the Disability Resource Center (652-7516) in Room 201 of the Student Services Center. The Disability Resource Center will determine your eligibility for services based upon complete professional documentation. If you are deemed eligible, the Disability Resource Center will further evaluate the effectiveness of your accommodation requests and will authorize reasonable accommodations that are appropriate for your disability.
Required Materials
Organic Chemistry, sixth edition, by L. G. Wade (optional)
Learning Guides, Homework, and Reading Assignments by Sarah Morgan Black
Molecular models
This course is based on a widely used textbook, Organic Chemistry, sixth edition, by L. G. Wade and you will have reading assignments from it. You are not required to purchase a copy, as it is quite expensive, but if you choose not to do so, you are responsible to locate a copy in order to do the reading assignments – two are on reserve the DSC library.
The materials that you will need for class are available online at the course web site:
http://cactus.dixie.edu/smblack/chem
For each chapter you will find a Learning Guide, Homework, and Reading Assignment. You must print out the Learning Guide for each chapter before the lecture begins for that chapter. You must print out and do the Homework for each chapter before it is due. You must also use the Reading Assignment to complete the assignment, but you do not need to print it out and turn it in. You will also find summary sheets for important concepts which you will need to refer back to all year.
You will also need a set of molecular models which can be purchased at the bookstore; please bring your models to class each day, as you will not know in advance when they will be needed.
final exam score will keep your B, for example, you'll have to do a little math, using the percentages given below.
Reading (5%) – You are not required to read all of the textbook that accompanies this course. However, the sections from the book which correspond to each topic are included in the notes, and you are encouraged to use the textbook as a resource to clear up questions, get more details about something you are confused about, and so on. You will be required to read, summarize, and analyze five pages from each chapter, chosen from the reading list for that chapter. You are also encouraged to substitute reading from other organic chemistry books in the library, given in a list in the reading assignment. Reading assignments will be due on the day after we finish the lecture for each chapter. Your lowest reading score will be dropped.
Homework (20%) – Assigned homework problems for each chapter will be worth 20 points. Ten points will be awarded for completing all of the problems, and the other ten points will come from problems which I will select to grade. Homework done at the last minute will not be nearly as useful to you as homework done a little at a time throughout the week. You are encouraged to work with other class members on homework, but do not copy their answers, and do not use past years' homework assignments or keys. This will constitute cheating, and will result in penalties! Homework is due during the first 10 minutes of class on the day after we finish the lecture for each chapter (at the same time as the reading assignment). Late homework will be accepted with a 2 point penalty. Your lowest homework score will be dropped. I will grade your homework on the day it is turned in and make it available with the key so that you can catch your mistakes before you take the quiz. This is a significant learning opportunity, so make sure to take advantage of it!
Group learning activities (5%) – During class on the day that the homework and reading assignments are due, you will spilt into groups to participate in a variety of group learning activities that should help to reinforce the concepts you have been learning in that chapter. This is also my best chance to observe your leadership and personality skills, which are often requested on evaluations and letters of recommendation. You may miss one GLA without penalty. If you miss more than one, you will have to do the problems on your own in order to receive credit. You may ask for assistance from other class members, but you may not simply copy their answers! These problems will not be collected nor graded, and a key will not usually be posted, but I will be happy to discuss the answers with you. Similar problems have a tendency to show up on exams.
Chapter quizzes (25%) – A 30 minute quiz worth 30 points will be given in the testing center starting at noon on the day of the group learning activity and ending when the testing center closes. After the quizzes are graded and returned, you may come to my office and discuss what you missed with me for half credit back within a week of when the quiz was given. You should be prepared not only to supply the correct answer but to answer questions about the concept being tested. Quizzes may only be made up with permission. Your lowest quiz score will be dropped.
Exams (35%) – Four exams worth 100 points each will be given in the testing center for two days following the completion of the quiz for the last chapter being covered (not including weekends). Each exam covers three chapters, except for Exam 3 which covers only two. There is no time limit for the exam, but you may only take it on the days it is offered unless you obtain permission (preferably beforehand). No exams will be dropped.
Final exam (10%) – The final will be held in the classroom on the date shown below. It will contain only multiple choice questions, so that it can be graded immediately following completion of the exam – please bring a scantron.
Chapter Outlines (2% extra credit) – Some students find it useful to create a chapter outline for each chapter so that they can refer back to it in the future. These outlines may be turned in for up to 2% extra credit on your grades. However, sloppy, incomplete outlines, or those which are simply copies of the learning guides, will not earn you any credit. I will only award the full extra credit to truly excellent outlines. I will supply examples of excellent outlines as they become available.
Summary of points for the course:
Category Points possible Number dropped
Percentage of final grade Homework 20 pts per chapter 1 20% Reading assignments 10 pts per chapter 1 5% Group Learning Activities 10 pts per chapter 1 5% Quizzes 30 pts per chapter 1 25% Exams 100 pts per exam 0 35% Final Exam 100 points 0 10% Chapter outlines 10 pts per chapter 1 2% extra credit
Letter grades will be assigned based on % of points earned on the scale shown below, which will reflect the weighted sum of the percentages you earn in different categories.
Grade % of points A 93.0 - A- 90.0 - 92. B+ 87.0 - 89. B 83.0 - 86. B- 80.0 - 82. C+ 77.0 - 79. C 73.0 - 76. C- 70.0 – 72. D 50.0 - 69. F 0 - 49.
