Organic Chemistry II Syllabus - Dixie State College - Prof. Sarah M. Black | Lab Reports Organic Chemistry

Course Syllabus

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

Chemistry 2320, Section 1

Dixie State College of Utah

Spring 2008

Course instructor: Sarah Morgan Black

Office: 121 Science Building

Office hours: 11-12 Mon, Wed, Fri (or by appointment)

Phone: (435) 652-7759

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 2320 is the second of two semesters of organic chemistry offered at Dixie State College.

You should also be registered for the accompanying lab, Chem 2325, unless you have taken it previously. You

should have successfully completed Chem 2310 and 2315, which will serve as the foundation for our continued

study of organic chemistry.

The organic che mistry 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.

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 review alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes, and introduce alcohols, ethers, aromatic

rings, carboxylic acids, ketones, aldehydes, carbohydrates, amines, and proteins.

● Explain the structures (hybridization, geometry, and polarity) and compare physical properties

(boiling point, melting point, solubility, conformations, and stability) of organic compounds.

● Use the rules of nomenclature to give correct names for organic compounds, draw correct structures

that correspond to a name, and correctly use and recognize 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 sp ectroscopy to characterize and identify organic compounds.

● Give starting materials, reagents, and products for reactions of organic compounds.

● 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 co mbining reactions.

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Course Syllabus

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

Chemistry 2320, Section 1

Dixie State College of Utah Spring 2008 Course instructor: Sarah Morgan Black Office: 121 Science Building Office hours: 11 - 12 Mon, Wed, Fri (or by appointment) Phone: (435) 652- 7759 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 2320 is the second of two semesters of organic chemistry offered at Dixie State College. You should also be registered for the accompanying lab, Chem 2325, unless you have taken it previously. You should have successfully completed Chem 2310 and 2315, which will serve as the foundation for our continued study of organic chemistry. 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. 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 review alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes, and introduce alcohols, ethers, aromatic rings, carboxylic acids, ketones, aldehydes, carbohydrates, amines, and proteins. Explain the structures (hybridization, geometry, and polarity) and compare physical properties (boiling point, melting point, solubility, conformations, and stability) of organic compounds. Use the rules of nomenclature to give correct names for organic compounds, draw correct structures that correspond to a name, and correctly use and recognize 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 organic compounds. 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. You may also use a different textbook, but it will be your responsibility to locate the appropriate sections. 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 Nuggets of Knowledge, a Learning Guide, Homework, and a Reading Assignment. Since both the Learning Guides and Nuggets are being created as we go, I will give them out to you unless you are informed otherwise. 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.

Some thoughts on learning vs. memorizing

As we have discussed in class, I am concerned that too many students are still relying on memorizing the material before quizzes and exams rather than truly learning it. Continuing this strategy during the second semester will likely result in even A students crashing and burning on exams and the final. We have over 70 interrelated reactions to learn this semester, and you are unlikely to be able to cram them all into your one hour recall at once! You must begin to see the patterns and learn the principles in addition to memorizing products. When you learn a mechanism, don't just memorize where the arrows go - look for patterns in electrophiles and nucleophiles. I will try to point these things out to you, but they won’t stick in your head unless you spend quality time and effort with the material. It is your responsibility to change your learning habits - you must get used to using lecture and homework time for actual learning as much as possible, rather than just going through the motions and then cramming at the last minute. Repeated meaningful exposure is the name of the game.

for Exam 2 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 given in the schedule. It will be a comprehensive American Chemical Society multiple choice exam – please bring a scantron. 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 - 100 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. 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%

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Course Syllabus

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

Chemistry 2320, Section 1

Course description and objectives

Disability Accommodations

Required Materials

http://cactus.dixie.edu/smblack/chem

Some thoughts on learning vs. memorizing