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Gustavus Adolphus
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Minnesota Board of Teaching
Program Approval 2006 |
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CHE 141 - Organic Chemistry I |
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CHE-141 Organic Chemistry I Spring 2005 Gustavus Adolphus College
Prof. Scott Bur Office: 303B, Nobel Hall Website: gustavus.edu/~sbur Telephone: 933-7038 Email: sbur@gustavus.edu
Textbook: Organic Chemistry, Brown, Foote and Iverson; 4th edition (2005) OPTIONAL: Student Study Guide and Soluions Manual for Organic Chemistry, Iverson & Iverson, 4th Edition, (2005)
Supplies : Molecular models. These are not a requirement, but I strongly urge you to purchase a set. You may use the model sets during the exams. I still have (and use) the set I bought for Organic I.
Classroom: 8:00 am - NHS 201 11:30 am Wallenburg auditorium, Nobel Hall
Office Hours: My scheduled office hours are the following, or by appointment; Mon - Tue - Thu: 9:00 to10:00 am
Homework: I will give you a selection of homework problems out of the textbook to do as we cover each topic in class. You should try to work the assigned problems on a regular basis, rather than trying to do them all right before the exam. Any questions that you have with regard to the homework problems are welcome as topics for discussion during or outside of class. These homework problems will not be collected for a grade. As the exams will reflect the concepts and skills that the homework will develop, however, your grades will ultimately reflect your performance on these homework problems. At the beginning of each week, you will be given an additional set of homework problems that will be collected for a grade each Friday on which there is not an exam. These assignments must be turned in at the end of class to be graded. Because chemistry is a collaborative science, you are encouraged to work with others as you are trying to work both the textbook problems and the homework sets. It is, however, important to distinguish between working with someone, receiving help from someone, and copying someone else's work. Obviously, copying someone else's work is unacceptable, and you will receive a zero for assignments.
Quizes: During the semester, I will give short quizzes at the end of class each Friday on which there is not an exam. These will be brief, short-answer or multiple-choice questions to test your basic understanding of the topics covered during the week. Makeup quizzes will not be given under any circumstances! The combined average of homework and quizzes can be used to replace your lowest hourly exam score.
Exams: There will be four 1-hour exams that will consist of short answer and/or multiple-choice questions. In addition to asking you the be able to recall facts and principles from lectures and textbook readings, you will be asked to extend the principles you learned to new situations and to offer explanations of the behavior of compounds with which you are not familiar. Although the exams will not be formally comprehensive, each new concept builds upon previous material. So you will need to know material from earlier units even if they are not tested directly. The average of your homework and quiz scores can be used to replace your lowest test score. Test dates are as follows: February 25; March 18; April 15; and May 6. The final exam will be comprehensive, and it is scheduled for Tuesday May, 21 from 8:00 am to 10:00 am in NHS AUD.
Course Coverage In first semester organic chemistry (the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds), we will learn the language and many of the principles governing organic chemistry. We will study molecular structures, nomenclature, reactions, and reaction mechanisms of alkanes, alkenes, haloalkanes, alcohols, and ethers. We will also learn about some of the analytical tools used for structure identification. The schedule below gives a tentative outline of the topics we will study. Note that this schedule can change depending on how much time we need to spend on a subject.
Laboratory We will use the following text books:
Modern Projects and Experiments in Organic Chemistry: Miniscale and Standard Taper Microscale, Mohrig et al. (2003).
Techniques in Organic Chemistry, Mohrig et al. (2003).
Laboratory Coverage
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