SYLLABUS

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2541, Fall 2009


CLASS TIME:  M, W, F    1:00 to 1:50 pm, Chem 200

INSTRUCTOR:

Dr. Viktor V. Zhdankin,  Office: Chem. 319, Phone: 726-6902
        e-mail: vzhdanki@d.umn.edu; web page: www.d.umn.edu/~vzhdanki
        office hours: M, W, F   1:50 to 3:00 pm M, W, F, or by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Chem 2541 is the first semester of organic chemistry at the sophomore-junior level. The lecture portion of the course will cover covalent bonds and shapes of molecules, alkanes and cycloalkanes, stereochemistry and chirality, organic acids and bases, alkenes and electrophilic addition reaction, alkynes, haloalkenes and radical reactions, nucleophilic substitution and  β-elimination, and alcohols.

LECTURE MATERIALS:

1. “Organic Chemistry”, 5th edition (2009) by Brown, Foote, Iverson, & Anslyn (required)
2. Brown Organic Chemistry student solutions manual/study guide (e-book or a printed version) (recommended)
3. Organic Molecular Model Kit (required)
4. OWL access (Online Web-based Learning system, http://owl.thomsonlearning.com) (recommended)
These materials are available from UMD Bookstore as Organic Chemistry Package, ISBN 0495790400.
The textbook  is also available as eTextbook on the web: http://www.ichapters.com/tl1/en/US/storefront/ichapters?cmd=catProductDetail&ISBN=9780495388579&cid=APL1


UMD TUTORING CENTER:       http://www.d.umn.edu/tutoring/

COURSE WEB PAGE:  All class materials, including this syllabus, exam and quiz schedules, sample exams, list of recommended problems, laboratory schedule and 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/~vzhdanki/2541/

GRADING:
 
Six Quizzes (20 min) 150 points (6x25 pts)
Three Midterm Exams (1 hour)  300 points (3x100 pts)
Final Exam (2 hours)  200 points
Total: 650 points

EXAM SCHEDULE:
First Midterm Exam (Ch. 1,2,3)          October 14 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm
Second Midterm Exam (Ch. 4,5,6)     November 11 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm
Third Midterm Exam (Ch. 7,8,9)        December 9 (Wednesday), 1:00 to 1:50 pm
Final Exam (Ch. 1-10)                        December 22 (Tuesday), 2:00 to 3:55 pm



QUIZ SCHEDULE:
Sep. 23 (W), Sep. 30 (W), Oct. 7 (W), Oct. 28 (W), Nov. 4 (W), Dec. 2. (W), 1:30 to 1:50 pm


LABORATORY SCHEDULE
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2543, Fall Semester 2009

LABORATORY MATERIALS:

“Macroscale and Microscale Organic Experiments” 5th Edition by Williamson/ Minard/ Masters
Safety Goggles
Bound Laboratory Book (Composition type)

Teaching Assistants:     see http://www.d.umn.edu/~vzhdanki/2541 for TA names

TA Office Hours:    will be announced

Week        EXPERIMENT

1    Check-in, Safety video, Read Chapters 1&2
2    Crystallization, Chapter 4
3    Melting Points and Boiling Points, Chapter 3
4    Molecular Shapes (Handout; supplementary read Chapter 15 of Williamson’s book)
5    Distillation, Chapter 5
6    Sublimation, Chapter 6
7    Extraction: Isolation of Caffeine from Instant Coffee, Chapter 7
8    Thin Layer Chromatography: Analysis of Analgesics and Isolation of Lycopene from Tomato Paste, Chapter 8
9    Column Chromatography: Ferrocene and Acetyl Ferrocene mixture separation, Chapter 9
10/11    Bromination of Cholesterol, Chapter 20 and Alkenes from Alcohols: Cyclohexene from Cyclohexanol, Chapter 19/Macroscale (First laboratory period, Bromination of Cholesterol and Dehydration of Cyclohexanol, Second Laboratory period, Recrystallization of bromination product and distillation of Cyclohexene.
12    Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides, Chapter 17
13    Reactions of Triphenylmethyl Carbocation, Chapter 33. Trityl Methyl Ether and Trityl Bromide
14    Check Out

Details and helpful hints on each of the experiments are provided in supplemental material available at http://www.d.umn.edu/~vzhdanki/2541/

Note:  unless indicated the identified experiments are performed “Microscale”

For the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry policies on making up a lab and lab checkout see your laboratory Teaching Assistant.  Normally, laboratory make-up opportunities are very limited because of laboratory availability.

Access for Students with Disabilities: Individuals who have any disability or physical condition (such as pregnancy, allergy, etc.), either permanent or temporary, which might affect their ability to perform in this class, are encouraged to inform the instructor at the start of the semester.  It is University policy to provide, on a flexible and individualized basis, reasonable accommodations to students who have disabilities that may affect their ability to participate in course activities or to meet course requirements.  Adaptations of methods, materials or testing may be made as required to provide for equitable participation.  This publication/material is available in alternative formats to individuals with disabilities upon request. Please contact Penny Cragun, Disability Services and Resources, 726-8727

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