CHEMISTRY 2541, Fall Semester 2009

RECOMMENDED PROBLEMS AND PAGES TO READ 

"Organic Chemistry", 5th edition (2009) by Brown & Foote



Chapter 1.  Covalent Bonding and Shapes of Molecules. Recommended pages: 1-48
Problems: 1-19; Additional Problems: 20-63


Lecture 1 (9/9/09): pp 1-6
Lecture 2 (9/11/09): pp 7-13
Lecture 3 (9/14/09): pp  13-19
Lecture 4 (9/16/09): pp 19-27
Lecture 5 (9/18/09): pp 27-40
Lecture 6 (9/21/09): pp 40-50

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Quiz 1 (Ch 1, pp 1- 40)  - September 23 (Wednesday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 2.  Alkanes and Cycloalkanes. Recommended pages: 61-98
Problems: 1-10, 12-15; Additional Problems: 16-31, 33-36, 38-42, 48-53

Lecture 6 (9/21/09): pp 61-63
Lecture 7 (9/23/09): pp 63-65
Lecture 8 (9/25/09): pp 65-69
Lecture 9 (9/28/09): pp 70-73

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Quiz 2 (Ch 1, pp 40-50 and Ch 2, pp 61-68)  - September 30 (Wednesday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 10 (9/30/09): pp 73-79
Lecture 11 (10/2/09): pp 80-98

Chapter 3.
  Stereochemistry and Chirality. Recommended pages: 112-137
Problems:  1-8; Additional Problems:  14, 16-18, 20, 22, 25-27, 30, 31

Lecture 12 (10/5/09): pp 112-120

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Quiz 3 (Ch 2, pp 69-98)  - October 7 (Wednesday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 13 (10/7/09): pp 120-125
Lecture 14 (10/9/09): pp 125-136
Lecture 15 (10/12/09): pp 136-137

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Exam 1 (Chs 1-3)  - October 14 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 4.  Acids and Bases.  Recommended pages: 149-160, 165-173
Problems: 1-4, 8; Additional Problems:  9-17, 22, 24-45

Lecture 16 (10/16/09): pp 149-152
Lecture 17 (10/19/09): pp 152-160
Lecture 18 (10/21/09): pp 165-173

Chapter 5
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  Alkenes: Bonding, Nomenclature, and Properties. Recommended pages: 183-194
Problems:  1-8; Additional Problems:  9-21, 23, 24

Lecture 19 (10/23/09): pp 183-189
Lecture 20 (10/26/09): pp 189-194

Chapter 6.  Reactions of Alkenes. Recommended pages: 208-237
Problems:  1-12; Additional Problems: 14-21, 23, 25, 29-34, 36, 38-41, 43, 44, 47

Lecture 20 (10/26/09): pp 208-210

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Quiz 4 (Ch 4 and Ch 5 to page 188)  - October 28 (Wednesday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 21 (10/28/09): pp 210-214
Lecture 22 (10/30/09): pp 214-219
Lecture 23 (11/2/09): pp 220-226

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Quiz 5 (Ch 5 pp189-192 and Ch 6 to p. 223)  - November 4 (Wednesday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 24 (11/4/09): pp 226-230
Lecture 25 (11/6/09): pp 230-233
Lecture 26 (11/9/09): pp 234-237

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Exam 2 (Chs 4-6)  - November 11 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm


Chapter 7.  Alkynes. Recommended pages: 256-274
Problems: 1-6; Additional Problems: 8, 10-12, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23-25, 29-31

Lecture 27 (11/13/09): pp 256-270
Lecture 28 (11/16/09): pp 270-274

Chapter 8.  Haloalkanes, Halogenation, and Radical Reactions. Recommended pages: 286-294, 296-298, 303-307, 310-312
Problems:  1, 2, 5-7; Additional Problems: 8-10, 13, 14, 24-26, 28-30

Lecture 29 (11/18/09): pp 286-291
Lecture 30 (11/20/09): pp 292-294, 296-298
Lecture 31 (11/23/09): pp 303-307, 310-312

Chapter 9.  Nucleophilic Substitution and beta-Elimination. Recommended pages: 321-357
Problems: 1-8; Additional Problems: 10-15, 17, 18, 20-22, 25, 28, 30, 37-40, 44, 45, 47-51, 54, 55

Lecture 32 (11/25/09): pp 321-327
Lecture 33 (11/30/09): pp 327-335

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Quiz 6 (Ch 7, 8 and 9 through p 327)  - December 2 (Wednesday), 1:30 to 1:50 pm

Lecture 34 (12/2/09): pp 335-345
Lecture 35 (12/4/09): pp 345-350
Lecture 36 (12/7/09): pp 350-357

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Exam 3 (Chs 7-9)  - December 9 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm

Chapter 10.  Alcohols. Recommended pages: 374-393, 396-403
Problems: 1-8, 11-12; Additional Problems: 14-16, 18-23, 25-31, 35, 37, 38, 40, 45.

Lecture 37 (12/11/09): pp 374-393
Lecture 38 (12/14/09): pp 396-403
Lecture 39 (12/16/09): Final Exam overview
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Final Exam (Chs 1-10)  - December 22 (Tuesday), 2:00 to 3:55 pm in Chem 200