| Chemistry 251A |
Organic Chemistry
I (3 Credit Hours)
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| Dr. D. Friedman |
Summer 2008
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Instructor: |
Dr. Donna G. Friedman |
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Office: |
Lab Sciences 101 | |
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Office Hours: |
Monday - Friday 10:45-11:30 and by appointment | |
Telephone: |
(314) 513-4388 | |
e-mail: |
dfriedma@wustl.edu | |
Teaching Assistant: |
Valentina Bumbu | |
Office: |
Lab Sciences 460 | |
Office Hours: |
Hours to be determined | |
Textbooks: |
1. L.G. Wade Jr., Organic Chemistry, Sixth Edition , Prentice Hall, 2006. (required) | |
| 2. J. W. Simek, Solutions Manual to accompany Organic Chemistry, Sixth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006. (recommended) | ||
| 3. Organic Chemistry Molecular Models (recommended) | ||
All of the above are available at the Washington University bookstore. The textbook and the solutions manual are on reserve in the chemistry library, Louderman Hall 549. |
Reading and problem Assignments
Students should read the assigned chapters in the textbook before coming to lecture. Soon after lecture, students should re-read the chapters, work the in-chapter problems, and work as may of the problems at the end of the chapters as possible.
A suggested list of problems will be assigned for each chapter. These problems will not be collected for grading as the answers to the problems may be found in the Solutions Manual.
Course Outline and Tentative Exam Schedule
Course material is divided into four major study units as outlined below. Students are responsible for reading and studying all assigned sections of the textbook unless otherwise instructed.The quantity of material to be learned in Chemistry 251 is too large to permit all of it to be covered in lecture. Lectures will focus on key ideas and material that requires the most emphasis and explanations.
Chapter 1 "Introduction and Review"
Chapter 2 "Structure and Properties of Organic Molecules"
Chapter 3 "Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes"
FIRST UNIT EXAM - June 16
SECOND UNIT EXAM - June 23Chapter 4 "The Study of Chemical Reactions"
Chapter 5 "Stereochemistry"
Chapter 6 "Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination"
THIRD UNIT EXAM - June 30Chapter 7 "Structure and Synthesis of Alkenes"
Chapter 8 "Reactions of Alkenes"
Chapter 9 "Alkynes"
Chapter 10 "Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols"
Chapter 11 "Reactions of Alcohols"
Chapter 14 "Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides"
FOURTH UNIT EXAM - July 7
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM - July 11Chapter 15 "Conjugated Systems, Orbital Symmetry, and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy"
All exams will be held during normal class hours. The four unit exams and the comprehensive final exam will be weighted equally - each exam will constitute 20% of the final grade. The final exam is mandatory. There will be no make-up exams. However, if a situation should arise that prevents a student from preparing for or taking a unit exam, the student should contact the instructor as soon as possible, preferably before the exam. If the instructor deems it appropriate, the final exam score will substitute for that of the missed unit exam.
Letter grades will be determined using the following scale:
A 88% or greater
B 78% - 87%
C 68% - 77%
D 58% - 67%
F 57% or below
You may download the exam keys and open using Acrobat Reader.
- Exam 1 Answer Key
- Exam 2 Answer Key
- Exam 3 Answer Key
- Exam 4 Answer Key
- Final Exam Answer Key
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