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.
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