CHEMISTRY 2521, Fall Semester 2007

RECOMMENDED PROBLEMS AND PAGES TO READ 

"Organic Chemistry", 7th edition (2007) by John McMurry

(will be updated after every lecture)



Chapter 1.  Structure and Bonding. Recommended pages: 1-25
Problems: 1-17; Additional Problems: 18-35


Lecture 1 (9/5/07): pp 1-10
Lecture 2 (9/7/07): pp 11-17
Lecture 3 (9/10/07): pp 18-25

Chapter 2.  Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases. Recommended pages:  35-65
Problems: 1-19; Additional Problems: 24-26, 30-34, 36-41, 43-47, 53-55

Lecture 4 (9/12/07): pp 35-42
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Quiz 1 (Ch 1, pp 1-25 and Ch 2, pp 35-42)  - September 14 (Friday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 5 (9/14/07): pp 43-48
Lecture 6 (9/17/07): pp 49-55
Lecture 7 (9/19/07): pp 55-65

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Quiz 2 (Ch 2, pp 43-65)  - September 21 (Friday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 3.  Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry. Recommended pages: 73-99
Problems:  1-18; Additional Problems:  21-25, 34-38, 47, 48

Lecture 8 (9/21/07): pp 73-79
Lecture 9 (9/24/07): pp 79-92
Lecture 10 (9/26/07): pp 93-102
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Quiz 3 (Ch 3, pp 73-102) - September 28 (Friday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 4.  Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry.  Recommended pages: 107-131
Problems: 1-19; Additional Problems: 25-27, 29-37

Lecture 11 (9/28/07): pp 107-112
Lecture 12 (10/1/07): pp 113-123
Lecture 13 (10/3/07): pp 123-130

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Exam 1 (Chs 1-4)  - October 10 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 5.  An Overview of Organic Reactions. Recommended pages: 137-160
Problems:  1, 4, 8, 9, 12; Additional Problems:  19-21, 30, 31

Lecture 14 (10/5/07): pp 137-142
Lecture 15 (10/8/07): pp 143-160

Chapter 6.  Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity. Recommended pages: 172-202
Problems:  1-19; Additional Problems: 20, 21, 23, 26-30, 39-43, 45, 47-49

Lecture 16 (10/12/07): pp 172-176
Lecture 17 (10/15/07): pp 176-182
Lecture 18 (10/17/07): pp 182-195
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Quiz 4
(Ch 5 and Ch 6, pp 172-194) - October 19 (Friday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 19 (10/19/07): pp 195-202

Chapter 7.  Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis. Recommended pages: 213-242
Problems: 1-19; Additional Problems: 24-27, 31
 
Lecture 20 (10/22/07): pp 213-219
Lecture 21 (10/24/07): pp 219-226

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Quiz 5 (Ch 6, pp 195-202 and Ch 7, pp 213-226) - October 26 (Friday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 22 (10/26/07): pp 227-229
Lecture 25 (10/29/07): pp 229-236
Lecture 26 (10/31/07): pp 236-242

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Exam 2 (Chs 5-7)  - November 7 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm


Chapter 8.  Alkynes: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis. Recommended pages: 259-277
Problems:  1-13; Additional Problems: 18-21, 23-26, 28, 31-35

Lecture 27 (11/2/07): pp 259-266
Lecture 28 (11/5/07): pp 266-270
Lecture 29 (11/9/07): pp 270-277

Chapter 9.  Stereochemistry. Recommended pages: 289-313
Problems: 1-22; Additional Problems: 31, 39-47, 50-56

Lecture 30 (11/12/07): pp 289-296
Lecture 31 (11/14/07): pp 297-301
Lecture 32 (11/16/07): pp 302-309
Lecture 33 (11/19/07): pp 311-313

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Quiz 6 (Chs 8, 9) - November 30 (Friday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 10.  Organohalides. Recommended pages: 332-350
Problems: 1-13; Additional Problems: 17-19, 21, 22, 23(a, c-g), 30

Lecture 34 (11/21/07): pp 332-335
Lecture 35 (11/26/05): pp 335-343
Lecture 36 (11/28/05): pp 344-350

Chapter 11.  Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations Recommended pages: 359-391
Problems: 1-13, 15-20; Additional Problems: 25, 28-31, 36-38, 40-42, 47-49, 51

Lecture 37 (11/30/05): pp 359-365
Lecture 38 (12/03/05): pp 365-372
Lecture 39 (12/05/05): pp 372-380

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Exam 3 (Chs 8-11 to page 380)  - December 7 (Friday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 40 (12/10/07): 385-393

Chapter 12. Structure Determination: Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy (an overview)
Problems: 2, 7-10; Additional Problems: 24, 32-35

Lecture 41 (12/12/07):  pp 408-415, 418-426
Lecture 42 (12/14/07): Final Exam overview

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Final Exam (Chs 1-12)  - December 17 (Monday), 4:00 to 5:55 pm