CHEMISTRY 2541, Summer Semester 2008

RECOMMENDED PROBLEMS AND PAGES TO READ 

"Organic Chemistry", 7th edition (2008) by John McMurry

TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE

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

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
 

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

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

Exam 1 (Chs 1 - 4)  - June 04 (Wed), 09:00 to 10:10 am

 

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

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
   

Chapter 7.  Alkenes: Reaction and Synthesis. Recommended pages: 213 - 242
Problems: 1 - 19; Additional Problems: 24 - 27, 31

Exam 2 (Chs 5 - 7)  - June 16 (Monday), 09:00 to 10:10 am

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

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

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

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

Exam 3 (Chs 8 - 11)  - June 30 (Monday), 09:00 to 10:10 am

 

Chapter 12.  Structure Determination: Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy. Recommended pages: 408 - 429
Problems: 2, 7 - 10; Additional Problems: 24, 32 - 35

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Final Exam (Chs 1-12)  - July2 (Wednesday), 08:00 to 10:10 am