SYLLABUS

CHEM 2544 - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory - Spring 2013

 

 

LABORATORY TIMES:

There will be 14 laboratory periods including check-in and check-out.

Section 1: Monday 3:00pm-04:50pm, SSB 228

Section 2: Tuesday 9:00am-10:50am, SSB 228

Section 3: Tuesday 09:00am-010:50am, SSB 232

Section 4: Tuesday 12:00pm-01:50pm, SSB 228

Section 5: Tuesday 3:00pm-04:50pm, SSB 226

Section 6: Tuesday 3:00pm-04:50pm, SSB 228

Section 7: Wednesday 3:00pm-4:50am, SSB 228

Section 9: Thursday 9:00am-10:50am, SSB 228

Section 10: Thursday 9:00am-10:50am, SSB 232

Section 11: Thursday 12:00pm-01:50pm, SSB 228

Section 12: Thursday 03:00pm-4:50pm, SSB 226

 

PRIMARY INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Peter Grundt

Office: CHEM 319, Phone: 726-6939

e-mail: pgrundt@d.umn.edu

Office hours: M, W, F 10:50 am - 11:50 pm

 

TEACHING ASSISTANTS:

Shirisha Gurrapu (sgurrapu@d.umn.edu)

John Alfveby (alfve004@d.umn.edu)

Steven Koski (koski117@d.umn.edu)

Office hours to be announced.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

CHEM 2544 (Organic Chemistry II Laboratory) is the second semester Organic Chemistry laboratory course. The experiments will cover IR and NMR spectroscopy, reactions of carbonyl compounds, aromatics, amines and carbohydrates.

 

COURSE WEBPAGE

All class materials, including this syllabus, schedule of experiments and laboratory handouts as well as useful links to other websites will be posted and periodically updated on the following web page: http://www.d.umn.edu/~pgrundt/2544

 

PREREQUISITES: 

CHEM 2541 (Organic Chemistry I Lecture) and CHEM 2543 (Organic Chemistry I Laboratory)

 

LABORATORY MATERIALS:

Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments 5th or 6th Edition by Williamson/Minard/Masters

Safety Goggles

College ruled, bound Laboratory Book

 

GRADING:

 

12 Experiments (12 x 10 pts)	120 pts
10 Quizzes (10 best of 12 quizzes, 3 pts each	30 pts
TA assessment	20 pts
Final (date and time to be announced)	30 pts
Total:	200 pts

 

 

- The write-up of every experiment constitutes a major portion of the grade for this course. Your notebook will be collected on 4 occasions (dates to be announced). If you do not hand in your notebook on time up to 10 pts may be deducted from your score for each occurrence. Furthermore, if you happen to "adjust" yields, melting points etc. to any other values than you observed, you may receive 0 pts for that particular experiment.

 

- The purpose of the quizzes is to verify that you did prepare for the up-coming experiments of each laboratory session. There is no quiz in first week and last week of this laboratory course. The quizzes will be given in the first 5 minutes of the beginning of each laboratory session. If you are late, you may not be able to take the quiz and a score of 0 pts may be included in the total quiz score.

 

- TA assessment. General performance in the laboratory. Points may be deducted if your TA considers your behavior in laboratory to be a safety risk for yourself and others. Points may also be deducted if the TA or another student has to clean your work space. The TA's decision to deduct points is final.

 

- There will be no opportunity to make up a missed Laboratory period. The UMD policy for excused absences applies.

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The University of Minnesota Duluth policies related to teaching and learning apply for this course. For details see: http://www.d.umn.edu/vcaa/SyllabusStatements.html

 

Access for Students with Disabilities: It is the policy and practice of the University of Minnesota Duluth to create inclusive learning environments for all students, including students with disabilities. If there are aspects of this course that result in barriers to your inclusion or your ability to meet course requirements please notify the instructor as soon as possible. You are also encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Resources to discuss and arrange reasonable accommodations. Please call 218-726-6130 or visit the DR website at http://www.d.umn.edu/accessfor more information.