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| CHM 233 : Fall 2009 General Organic Chemistry I Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry |
Ian R. Gould PS D-109 965-7278 igould@asu.edu |
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Nov 22, 2009 The results for midterm #3 have been posted. The results pretty typical in that the scores for midterm #3 are usually somewhat lower than for midterm #2 (i.e. when we first start to study reactions), those for midterm #2 are often a little lower than midterm #1 etc. The scores for this test are significantly lower than last year, however. The mean this year was 119, compared to 130 last year. I am not sure why the mean is 10 points lower this year, I thought that the test was fair and was not too long. Anyway, to compensate for this I have decided to subtract 10 points from each of the points totals required for the various grades, i.e. you will now need only 860 points for an A, 760 for a B, 560 for a C and 390 points for a D, respectively. More... |
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Nov 22, 2009 After skipping a week because of the midterm, the weekly work page has been updated for week 13. More... |
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Nov 22, 2009 The Current points pages have been updated to include all quizzes through #13. More... |
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Nov 22, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #13 has been posted. No new Quiz this week because of Thanksgiving. More... |
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Nov 20, 2009 There will be NO review session/office hours tomorrow (Saturday) since I will be grading all day. Don't forget about Quiz #13!! |
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Nov 16, 2009 A new Quiz #13 has been posted. More... |
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Nov. 15, 2009 Confused about BDE? Please look at an email I sent to a student in class this morning that may help, click HERE. |
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Nov 15, 2009 The answer quiz for Quiz #12 has been posted. More... |
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Nov. 14, 2009 To see my version of the completed stereochemistry notes, as far as will be covered for the 3rd midterm, click HERE. |
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Nov 14, 2009 Today's review session has been posted. Note that at minute 122 I said that radical C was not resonance stabilized, in fact it is!! Sorry! More... |
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Nov. 14, 2009 To clarify what is "fair game" for the test. Everything up to 1/2 way down page 5 of the stereochemistry notes. You DO need to know all of the alkene reaction on pages 18 - 23 of the problem set, but you don't have to identify whether the reactions give racemic mixtures, products that are optically active etc. (i.e. the red text after each reaction). |
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Nov 14, 2009 The review session today in LS A-191, 2 - 4PM, BRING A COPY OF THE SUMMARY OF REACTIONS IF YOU STILL NEED IT! |
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Nov. 13, 2009 I think that it is time to remind you of some study strategies from the "Study Advice" section of the webpage, that are particularly relevant to learning the alkene mechanisms and reactions, click HERE. Also, at the end of Section 5 on the online version of the AlkenesI notes, there are some "Test Yourself" tools for you to test yourself on your knowledge of the Alkene reactions click HERE. |
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Nov 11, 2009 The review session tonight will be in SCOB 210. |
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Nov 11, 2009 There were some errors in the answer structures on question #5 in Quiz 12. These have now been fixed. Make sure you hit the 'refresh' button on your browser to make sure that you get the most recent version of this question. More... |
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Nov 9, 2009 For midterm #3 you will be responsible for pages 1 - 5 of the stereochemistry notes, but you will NOT be responsible for the 2nd half of p. 5, i.e. racemic mixtures. On the problem set you can ignore everything related to chirality and optical activity on pages 19 - 22, ignore the top part of page 26, but not the +/- and R/S questions on the lower part of page 26. More... |
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Nov 9, 2009 The Current Points pages have been updated, including quiz #11 scores, please check for errors as usual. More... |
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Nov 9, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #11 has been posted and a new Quiz #12 posted. I decided that questions 10 and 12 on Quiz #11 were too difficult, and so any answer will be taken as correct for these 2 questions. More... |
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Nov 9, 2009 My version of the AlkenesI notes have been posted, including the annotated reaction summary at the end as promised in class today. At the end of this summary are some links to test yourself on the products of these reactions, the reagents, and the reactants ("Test your knowledge of the PRODUCTS/REAGENTS/REACTANTS"). Please try these exercises. More... |
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Nov 8, 2009 There will be 3 review session for the next midterm. Chad will hold a concepts-based review on Friday Nov. 13th, 2PM in LS A-191. I will hold 2 problem-based review sessions, the first on Thursday November 12th, 7 - 9PM, location to be announced. The second will be on Saturday Nov. 14th, 2 - 4PM, in LS A-191. I will cover different material in my 2 review sessions. Both will be recorded. |
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Nov 8, 2009 The weekly work page has been updated for week 11. More... |
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Nov 8, 2009 Problem Set #3 has been posted. I will post later this week on exactly what parts of the problem set you will need to study for the next midterm. More... |
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Nov 7, 2009 Today's review session has been posted. I think that it is an important one since it covers a suggested strategy for dealing with the Alkene reactions we covered this week and that may seem overwhelming right now. More... |
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Nov 4, 2009 There will be a review session tomorrow, Saturday, 2 - 3PM in LS A-191, subject, alkene reactions. |
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Nov 4, 2009 The Current Points pages have been updated, including midterm #2 scores after all regrades, please check for errors as usual. More... |
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Nov. 4, 2009 Want some more resonance practice? I redid some of the problems from the first problem set and they will serve as further practice problems for many of you, you won't remember the answers and I have also added a few more question.To see the questions, click HERE. To see the answers, click HERE. |
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Nov 2, 2009 The Current Points pages have been updated, please check for errors as usual. More... |
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Nov 1, 2009 Reminder! Saturday office hours consist mainly of review sessions related to recent topics discussed in class. If you feel that you need some help with something and you can't come to office hours, you may find help by watching one of the online review session recordings. In addition to the pre-test reviews, topics to date include the every popular "Resonance", "Mechanisms and Energy Diagrams", "Lewis acid/base reactions", "Cyclohexanes and Spectroscopy", "Lewis Structures and Isomers", "Hybridization and MOs" etc. More... |
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Nov 1, 2009 The weekly work page has been updated for week #10. More... |
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Nov 1, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #10 has been posted and a new Quiz #11 posted. There was a typo in Question #4, and so all answers were graded as correct for that question for all submitted quizzes. More... |
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Oct. 30, 2009 Review session TOMORROW at 2PM, LS A-191. Subject: Reaction mechanisms and energy diagrams, and calculating reaction exothermicities. |
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Oct. 28, 2009 My version of the notes for the Reactions section have been posted. There are some differences between the version of the notes that are posted and those distributed in gapped form, but the differences are small, are supposed to clarify, and are small enough that you should be able to complete/correct your notes without ay trouble. More... |
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Oct. 26, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated. More... |
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Oct. 26, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #9, and a new Quiz #10 have been posted. More... |
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Oct. 25, 2009 The results for midterm #2 have been posted. More... |
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Oct. 24, 2009 Review session TODAY at 2PM. Assemble outside LS A-191, if it is use we will go and find another room. Subject: Lewis acid/base reactions. |
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Oct. 22, 2009 VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY. Would you like some volunteer experience for your resume, and act as a mentor to Junior High kids at the same time? My wife and I run a program called "I'm College Bound" that takes ASU students into Junior High science classrooms. If you participate you will help in running a science experiment, and interact with the kids. We go to Kino Junior High in Mesa, and our first trip of the year is coming up very soon, next week, Tuesday October 27th. If you participate, you would need to come for one of the class periods, which are 9AM - 11:10AM, 11:10AM - 1:40PM and 1:40PM - 3:50PM. If you are interested in taking part, please send me an email as soon a possible, indicating which of these class periods you would be able to attend. We will also be going the following Tuesday November 3rd. Thanks! |
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Oct. 19, 2009 The current points page has been updated. Please check to make sure there are no errors, particularly that all of the cyclohexane extra credit has been recorded properly. When you check the points page, please be sure to hit the Refresh button on your browser to make sure you have the latest version of the page. The date at the top of the page should match the date of this announcement. More... |
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Oct. 18, 2009 A new Quiz #9 has been posted. More... |
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Oct. 18, 2009 You are allowed to use a model on midterm #2. if you would like to use a model, PLEASE do not bring the entire kit. Bring a pre-assembled cyclohexane with a couple of colored balls attached that can represent various substituents. ALSO, please do NOT sit on the front row in the classroom. The front row is reserved for students who enter the test late. |
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Oct. 18, 2009 I have had several questions about the extra credit points. There have been many (obviously!) and I have not had time to update the website. So if yours are not recorded, don't worry, I'll get to it early next week. |
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Oct. 18, 2009 The answer key to Quiz #8 has been posted. More... |
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Oct. 18, 2009 Today's review session has been posted. More... |
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Oct. 17, 2009 To see my completed version of the lecture notes for Bronsted acids, click HERE. There are some changes with respect to the notes that you have, the same information is there, the order is just rearranged a little and some extra pieces of info have been added compared top your notes, but you should be able to complete and/or correct your notes as appropriate. |
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Oct. 16, 2009 Bronsted acids/bases will be on the 2nd midterm, but Lewis acids/bases will not. This means that you are responsible for the material on pages 5, 6, 10 and 11 on the problem set, but not that on pages 7, 8 and 9. More... |
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Oct. 15, 2009 The review session tonight was delayed because the projector in the original room was not working. It is a little shorter than intended as a consequence. The recording worked just fine. More... |
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Sept. 27, 2009 For a list of known errors in Problem Set #2, click HERE. |
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Oct. 14, 2009 Because I will not be in town this Saturday, the deadline for completing the cyclohexane extra credit assignment has been extended to Sunday, Oct. 18th. Which means that your last opportunity will be after the review session on Sunday. |
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Oct. 14, 2009 REMINDER. There will be THREE review sessions for midterm #2. Chad will hold a concepts-based review session on Friday Oct 16th at 2:00PM in LSA-191. I will hold two problems-based review sessions. The first will be on Thursday evening, 6 - 8PM, now confirmed to be in PS F-173. Unfortunately I need to be out of town this coming Saturday, so my second review will have to be SUNDAY 10AM - Noon, now confirmed to be held in LS A-191. I know that Sunday is not ideal for everyone, but it is the best I can do this time. Both reviews will be recorded. Both reviews will cover different material. Thursday will be mainly cycloalkane conformations, and spectroscopy, and Sunday will be more Spectroscopy and acid/base reactions. Because I will be out of town, there will be no office hours on Saturday. |
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Oct. 14, 2009 My version of the completed spectroscopy notes has has been posted. As usual, please check to make sure that your notes are complete and without errors. More... |
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Oct. 14, 2009 A Verizon cell phone was handed in to me at the end of class today, if it is yours, please contact me asap. |
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Oct. 13, 2009 Want some more spectroscopy problems? Click HERE to get to the site at Notre Dame that was mentioned in the review session last Saturday. |
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Oct. 13, 2009 FINAL REMINDER. If you have not yet done so, PLEASE complete the survey (click the red link in the menu bar above to the right). The deadline to be eligible for the Starbucks gift card is WEDNESDAY, October 14th!! |
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Oct. 13, 2009 So far, most of you have not taken advantage of the special extra credit assignment. This is supposed to help you on the next midterm. You need to use your molecular model kit to build a model of cis-1-bromo-3-methylcyclohexane, and demonstrate the chair-to-chair interconversion, and what the consequences are for the substituents upon chair interconversion. You will need to bring your model either to me, or to one of the organic TAs, in office hours, or after one of my review sessions, demonstrate the chair-to-chair interconversion, and you will receive 5 extra credit points. You must complete this by Saturday October 17th. My office hours and times after review sessions will start to get very crowded with people trying to do this at the last minute, so please remember that you can complete this with any organic TA. |
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Oct. 13, 2009 The Current Points pages have been updated again today, to include quizzes 6 and 7, all of the cyclohexane extra credit to date, and midterm #1 scores after all regrades. More... |
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Oct. 12, 2009 The answer key to Quiz #7 has been posted, and a new Quiz #8 has also been posted. More... |
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Oct. 12, 2009 There will be THREE review sessions for midterm #2. Chad will hold a concepts-based review session on Friday Oct 16th at 2:00PM in LSA-191. I will hold two problems-based review sessions. The first will be on Thursday evening, 6 - 8PM, now confirmed to be in PS F-173. Unfortunately I need to be out of town this coming Saturday, so my second review will have to be SUNDAY 10AM - Noon, now confirmed to be held in LS A-191. I know that Sunday is not ideal for everyone, but it is the best I can do this time. Both reviews will be recorded. Both reviews will cover different material. Thursday will be mainly cycloalkane conformations, and spectroscopy, and Sunday will be more Spectroscopy and acid/base reactions. Because I will be out of town, there will be no office hours on Saturday. |
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Oct. 12, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated for Week #8. More... |
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Oct. 11, 2009 Problem Set #2 has been posted. Not sure how much of the acid/base reactions on the problem set will be on the midterm, depends upon how far we get this week, check this site for more information. More... |
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Oct. 9, 2009 There will be review session tomorrow, Saturday October 10th, 2 - 3PM in LS A-191. The subject will be cyclohexane conformers and probably some simple spectroscopy. |
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Oct. 9, 2009 The pen for the Tablet PC stopped working half way through the lecture today. This made writing on the tablet rather difficult (to say the least!). The recorded lecture is OK, but in case you were wondering what happened, that is what it was. More... |
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Oct. 8, 2009 Like some help solving cyclohexane conformation problems? Click HERE. |
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Oct. 7, 2009 OK, some bad news. This class has been scheduled at 7:30AM for many years. I managed to get it switched to a later start for the first time this semester, however, the later start has resulted in scheduling problems with the labs. So, for next semester, Spring 2010, we are going to have to return to a 7:30AM start! Sorry, I tried! |
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Oct. 7, 2009 Several students have requested more problems to help them identify stereoisomers. I have written a new problems page on stereoisomers, click HERE. |
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Oct. 7, 2009 The peak positions for the last question in Quiz #7 are not easy to see, so here is a clarification. The critical peaks are those at the high mass "end", since these represent the molecular ions. There 3 peaks in this region, one is at mass = 242, the second one is twice as large as the first and is at mass = 244, and the third one is the same size as the first and is at mass = 246. More... |
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Oct. 7, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated for Week 7. More... |
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Sept. 28, 2009 Learn more about vibrational spectroscopy with a cool Java simulation, click HERE. |
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Oct. 5, 2009 TWO REMINDERS. First, if you have not yet done so, PLEASE complete the survey (click the red link in the menu bar above to the right). Second, this would be a good time to complete your cyclohexane extra credit exercise that was described in class, and in the announcement below, Sept. 30th. |
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Oct. 5, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #6 has been posted, and a new Quiz #7 had been added to the quiz page. More... |
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Oct 5th, 2009 The Results for the First Midterm have been posted. More... |
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Oct. 2, 2009 There will be NO review session tomorrow, we will be grading all day. I have added a new worked problem to the website that shows how to solve a cyclohexane chair conformation problem (new worked problem between probes 6 and on the cycloalkane page). More... |
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Oct. 2, 2009 Well, we are a bit behind where we need to be in lecture, and so there are a couple of questions on Quiz #6 that we haven't yet covered in class. So, Questions 4 and 11 are now deleted (submit any answer, everyone who submits a quiz will get 1/2 point for these questions). I have also decided that question #9 is too difficult, considering the fact that we only just covered this material in class today, and I can't have a review session on it because of grading. So, this question also is deleted, enter any answer, you will get 1/2 point. Questions 3 and 8 are on mass spectrometry, but #3 is easy, straight out of the notes, and Question 8 is not hard after you have done a couple of the practice problems that are in the notes (answers on this website, see weekly work page for example). This quiz is still due 11:59PM Saturday, October 3rd. More... |
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Sept. 30, 2009 Today in class I announced a special extra credit assignment. You need to use your molecular model kit to build a model of cis-1-bromo-3-methylcyclohexane, and demonstrate the chair-to-chair interconversion, and what the consequences are for the substituents upon chair interconversion. You will need to bring your model either to me, or to one of the organic TAs, in office hours, or after one of my review sessions, demonstrate the chair-to-chair interconversion, and you will receive 5 extra credit points. You must complete this by Saturday October 17th. |
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Sept. 28, 2009 The Current Points page has been updated after Quiz #5. As usual, please check to make sure that there are no errors, thanks. More... |
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Sept. 28, 2009 The midterm will be graded next Saturday, I hope to be able to post the results late next Sunday evening. The tests will be distributed in class next Monday. Now that the midterm is over, please submit your survey if you have not already yet done so. You can either click HERE, or the red link on the right hand side of the menu bar above. Remember, you will have until Oct 15th to be eligible for our magnificent prize of a Starbucks gift card! |
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Sept. 28, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated for Week #6. More... |
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Sept. 28, 2009 Quiz #6 has been posted, as usual, it is due 11:59PM Saturday, October 3rd. More... |
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Sept. 27, 2009 Well, too late for most of you probably, but I reorganized the resonance problems in the notes (and on the website) a little, and added a few new problems, so, if you need more practice, here you go! (look for the resonance chapter problems on the Teach Yourself page) More... |
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Sept. 27, 2009 Some errors HAVE been found in the problem set. To see these, and to get some further explanations, click HERE. Bond dissociation energy problems of the kind shown on page 6 of the problem set will not be included on the midterm. |
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Sept. 27, 2009 A little late, apologies, the answer key for Quiz #5 has been posted. For Question #8, BOTH A and C will be accepted as correct answers, because there was a typo in the name of the structure in the question, to should have been 2,2,3,5,5-pentamethylhexane, not 2,2,4,5,5-pentamethylhexane, in fact the name that was given is not a legal IUPAC name, apologies of that typo! More... |
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Sept. 26, 2009 To see a Newman projection problems solved using a molecular model, click HERE. |
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Sept. 26, 2009 Today's review session has been posted. As I promised those who attended, I edited out the part where I messed up the dipole moments :) More... |
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Sept. 25, 2009 For a list of known errors in the problem set, and some further explanations, click HERE. Bond dissociation energy problems of the kind shown on page 6 of the problem set will not be included on the midterm. |
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Sept. 25, 2009 I forgot to mention in class today that you are allowed to bring molecular models to the exam on Monday, if it is helpful to you. Some students find it useful to use a model to solve conformation problems and to draw Newman projections. However, do NOT bring your entire model kit! You will spill it all of the floor and you don't have time to build a model in the middle of a test. Bring an already built structure that represents a minimum structure that you can use to solve a problem. |
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Sept. 25, 2009 I have posted the completed version of the Alkanes lecture notes. More... |
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Sept. 24, 2009 Tonight's review session has been posted More... |
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Sept. 21, 2009 All students in either the regular or the online/hybrid class who will be celebrating Yom Kippur on Sept. 28th, please send me an email asap, thanks |
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Sept. 21, 2009 There will be three review sessions for the upcoming test. Chad will hold a more concept-based review on Friday, 9/25, 2:00pm in LSA-191. I will run 2 problem-based reviews. The first of these will be on Thursday, 6 - 8PM, IN BAC 216 (note that this is in the Business School!). The second will be on Saturday, 2 - 4PM in LS A-191. A word about review sessions. Both Chad and I are happy to do these, there is, however, a potential problem. In fact, I hold fewer review sessions than I used to, because some students have a tendency to come to review sessions instead of studying on their own. It is easy to come to a 2 hour review session and tell yourself that you just spent 2 hours studying organic, when in fact you just spent 2 hours watching Chad or myself work on the board, when you would heave been better off spending that time on your own working problems. Come to review sessions if they help you to understand concepts or how to work problems, but please don't use these review sessions as an excuse to put off working problems on your own, Thanks for listening to that! |
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Sept. 21, 2009 Problem Set #1 has been posted, use it to review for the midterm next week More... |
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Sept. 20, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated for week 5. More... |
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Sept. 20, 2009 The current points have been updated with your score for Quiz #4. More... |
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Sept. 20, 2009 OK, so in the end I decided at accept ALL answers to Question #11 on the quiz as correct! The answer key to Quiz #4 has now been posted. New Quiz #5 has also been posted. The deadline as usual is 11:59PM, Saturday Sept. 26th. More... |
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Sept. 19, 2009 In the review session today I did a problem that should help you to do problem #11 on Quiz 4. Please take a look at the recorder review session, click HERE, and specifically go to minute 53:30. There I describe solving a problem that I believe may not be 100% fair to expect you to answer today, but I think you should be in better shape to answer once the midterm comes around. if you submitted your quiz BEFORE getting this hint, then either resubmit it, or let me know that you submitted it early and I will take that into account when grading this quiz. |
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Sept. 18, 2009 There will be a review session on Saturday, Sept. 19th, at 2PM in LS A-191, followed by office hours in the same location for 1-on-1 questions. |
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Sept. 18, 2009 My version of the completed notes for the section Resonance have been posted. As usual, please check to make sure that your notes are up to dat and have no errors, thanks. More... |
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Sept. 15, 2009 My version of the completed notes for the section Bonding II have been posted. The graphics have now been fixed in the online notes as of 11AM, Thursday Sept. 16th More... |
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Sept. 15, 2009 In class on Wednesday Sept. 16th you will be told about a Chemical Education research project that we will be asking you to participate in. We want to investigate two issues. First, we want to study how your educational and social background influences your performance in organic chemistry. Second, we want to look for correlations in learning among basic concepts in organic. For example, do students who find nomenclature problems easy also find spectroscopy problems to be easy, or does nomenclature correlate better with the ability to solve synthesis problems etc. Your participation is VOLUNTARY and any data we collect from you will be STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. You will gain no credit or class advantage by participating, nor will you lose any credit or advantage by not participating. Obviously we would like as many of you to participate as possible to generate useful statistics. You will be asked to electronically sign a Consent Form to participate each time you take a class quiz. To see a copy of this consent form, click HERE. More details will be provided in class, and you can ask me about this at any time. |
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Sept. 14, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated for Week #4. More... |
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Sept. 13, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #3 has been posted, and a new Quiz #4 added. You will be able to submit Quiz #4 after Wednesday Sept. 16th. More... |
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Sept. 14, 2009 Todays lecture has been posted, lecture #9. Half way through, the connection from the computer to the projector failed. This did not affect the recording in any way, but in case the online students were wondering what happened at that time, well that is what it was. More... |
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Sept. 13, 2009 The Current Points pages have been updated with your scores for Quiz #3. More... |
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Sept. 11, 2009 There will be a review session followed by office hours tomorrow afternoon, Saturday, 2 - 3:30PM, in LS A-191, our regular classroom. The subject of the review will be hybridization and molecular orbitals. |
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Sept. 11, 2009 To see 2 videos that illustrate the difference between rotation around a single versus a double bond, i.e. what was discussed in class today on the whiteboard and recorded on the supplement to lecture #8, click HERE to see rotation around a single bond, and HERE to see rotation around a C=C double bond. |
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Sept. 11, 2009 Today in class I had to use the whiteboard to go over the part of the lecture that relates to the "extra page" of notes mentioned in the previous announcement. Therefore, the recorded lecture today consist of two parts, the regular lecture and a supplement that I recorded in my office after class where I repeated the part on the whiteboard in a way that those of you at home can actually see what was going on! Please let me know if you are confused by any of todays lecture More... |
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Sept. 8, 2009 I need to insert an extra page into the gapped notes at around page 11 of the Bonding II notes. Therefore, please print and bring to class tomorrow, Wednesday Sept 9th, THIS PAGE, thanks. I will be able to bring some copies of the page top class, but probably not enough for everybody. Online users in particular please take note. |
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Sept. 8, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #2 has been posted, and a new Quiz 3 has been posted. Quiz #3 is due 11:59PM, Saturday Sept 12th. More... |
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Sept. 8, 2009 The Current Points page has been updated with the scores for Quiz #2. There was a small grading error in the points posted before 12:30PM, the updated points are correct (hit refresh on your browser if necessary). More... |
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Sept. 8, 2009 The Weekly Work page has been updated for Week #3. More... |
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Sept. 5, 2009 Todays review session recording has been posted. More... |
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Sept. 5, 2009 REMINDER, Quiz #2 is due by midnight tonight, Saturday Sept. 5th More... |
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Sept 4, 2009 Some extra problems have been added to the Lewis Structure/Isomers problem page, in case you need more! More... |
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Sept 4, 2009 There will be a review session/office hours tomorrow, Saturday Sept 5th, 2 - 3PM. Again this week we have been given room SCOB 210 for the review session, i.e. the same room as last week, and NOT our usual classroom. The subject of the review will be structural and stereoisomers and generating isomers from molecular formulae. |
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Sept. 4, 2009 To see the 3 videos that illustrate the geometries associated with sp3, sp2 and sp hybridized atoms that were shown in class today, click HERE for sp3 (tetrahedral), HERE for sp2 (trigonal planar) and HERE for sp (linear). To see a video that illustrates the sigma- and pi-bonding in ethylene that was discussed in class today, click HERE. To see a video that illustrates the sigma- and the TWO pi-bonds in acetylene that were discussed in class today, click HERE. |
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Sept 4, 2009 You can now submit Quiz #2 More... |
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Sept. 3, 2009 The answer key for Quiz #1 has been posted. You can submit Quiz #2 starting tomorrow, Friday Sept 4th (changed from the originally posted date). The due date is 11:59PM, Saturday Sept. 5th. More... |
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Sept. 3, 2009 Your scores for Quiz #1 have been posted on the Current Points page. Please make sure that you can find yourself on my points roster, and that your quiz score has been properly recorded, thanks. More... |
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Sept 1, 2009 Starting with Lecture #5, which will be posted on Wednesday Sept 2nd, all Online/Hybrid class students must register when they view the recorded lectures, or they will not be allowed to submit any more Quizzes. You will need to be up to date in watching the lectures in order to submit the quizzes each week. Thus, in order to submit Quiz #2, you must have registered that you have watched lectures 5 and 6 etc. If you have already watched lecture #4, it is not necessary to go back to register for that one. More... |
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Aug 31, 2009 My version of the completed lecture notes for the section "Bonding I" have been posted. Please check to make sure that your notes are up to date and have no errors. More... |
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Aug 31, 2009 If you downloaded Quiz #2 before 11PM Monday Aug 31st, please check the updated version of this quiz (make sure to hit the refresh button on your browser). I changed question #9 slightly and also changed the wording of question 12 slightly, thanks. More... |
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Aug 31, 2009 You can now submit Quiz #1 More... |
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Aug 31, 2009 The weekly work page has been updated for Week #2. More... |
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Aug 31, 2009 You can submit Quiz #1 starting tomorrow morning, the deadline is 11:59PM, Wednesday Sept. 2nd. A new Quiz #2 has been posted, it is our first real chemistry quiz. This quiz can be submitted starting Thursday Sept 3rd. The deadline for Quiz #2 is 11:59PM, Saturday Sept 5th. More... |
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Aug 29, 2009 Todays review session has been posted. More... |
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Aug 28, 2009 There will be a review session tomorrow, Saturday Aug 29th, the subject will be practicing drawing Lewis structures and perhaps some other stuff. After the review session, that should last for ca. 1 hour, I will be available to answer questions in a normal office hour format. I will be recording the reviews session in the same way as the lectures for those who are unable to attend. Review sessions never introduce any new material, they are only used to practice problems. This review session/office hours will NOT be held in our normal lecture room, instead it will be in SCOB 210, i.e. The John W. Schwada Classroom Office Building, which is located to the South of Noble library, on the northwest corner of the intersection of Orange Avenue and McAllister Mall. |
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Aug 27, 2009 The gapped notes set should be available from ALTERNATIVE on Friday August 28th, the cost should be $10 + tax. More... |
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Aug 27, 2009 The answers to the problems in the notes can be found in 2 places, on the Weekly Work page, and on the teach yourself problems page that is normally accessed by clicking the large button above. |
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Aug 26, 2009 Some of you are curious about the Course Compass website package that comes with the textbook. I do not use Course Compass, however, you might find some useful study material there if you would like to explore it. To access the site you ned the following information: Course Name = CHM 233, Fall 2009, Course ID = gould79154. Please don't ask me about how Course Compass works because I am afraid that I don't know! |
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Aug 26, 2009 Today's lecture (#2) has been posted. Note that this is the last time that I will announce posting of a lecture, from now on please just go straight to the 'Recorded Lectures" page, thanks! More... |
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Aug 24, 2009 I understand that somewhere it is stated that a GEN 2 REMOTE is required for this class. It is NOT required, do NOT get one for this class! |
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Aug 24, 2009 The notes will be available from Alternative on Friday August 28th. The notes that were distributed in class today should last through Fridays lecture. More... |
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Aug 24, 2009 The website given on the syllabus is incorrect, although you must know the correct address if you are reading this. Also, the date for submission of the first quiz has been changed since the schedule was printed (there was a typo there anyway), you can submit the quiz starting Tuesday Sept 1st, and it must be submitted by 11:59PM at the latest on Wednesday Sept. 2nd. More... |
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Aug 24, 2009 The first lecture files have been posted. More... |
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Aug 21, 2009 The first quiz has been posted. Please do not attempt to submit the quiz until Tuesday September 1st, i.e. after the drop/add deadline. |
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Aug 17, 2009 In this class we use "Gapped" Lecture Notes. You will need to obtain a copy of these notes, the least expensive way for most people to do this will be to buy a copy of the notes from The Alternative Copy Shop. More... |
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Aug 17, 2009 For the first time in this course, a textbook is NOT required. However, it is highly recommended that you get one! The recommended textbook is Organic Chemistry, 5th Edition by Paula Y. Bruice. If you get the textbook, it is essential that you also get the Solution Manual, since the most important part of any textbook are the practice problems. This year the textbook is only recommended for several reasons. First, I have a lot of material on my own website, and students tell me that they use the textbook less and less each year. I want to avoid having you buy an expensive textbook that you will not use. Second, you can learn most of what you need to know from just about any organic textbook, they are all quite similar. (One possible exception is pericyclic reactions that are covered in second semester organic, most textbooks have insufficient coverage of these reactions, Bruice is pretty good in this regard). I will provide suggested reading and problems from the 5th Edition of Bruice. I will not be able to suggest reading or problems from any other edition of Bruice, or any other textbook. If you have another edition of Bruice, or even another textbook, it should be easy for you to find the appropriate reading and problems yourself. The Bruice textbook is also available as an "E-book" at reduced cost. The E-book comes with a printable version of the Solutions Manual and provides access to the text online for ONE YEAR only. I cannot recommend any particular version of the book (paper or electronic), or if you can use another textbook, or even if you need a textbook at all, since different students have very different needs. Some students really need to study from a textbook, for them the book is essential. Some students want a permanent textbook to study for the MCAT exam. You have to make your own decision on this. Some versions of Bruice come with an online subscription to "Course Compass". I do not use Course Compass, but you may find some useful study material there. A Molecular Model Kit, is REQUIRED. I recommend the HGS Molecular Structure Model C Set for Organic Chemistry, or the Molecular visions set in the bookstore. I DO NOT RECOMMEND the Prentice Hall kit. The HGS kit is best, the Molecular Visions kit is cheaper but is still OK. |
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June 11, 2009 It is not possible for me to give an override into this class since the class size is determined by the room capacity. If you really want to get into this class, come during the first week and be persistent in trying to register online. There will be a lot of drop/add activity during the first week, persistence usually pays off. Alternatively, this class will also be offered as a hybrid class for Fall 2009, see the schedule of classes, CHM 233/LN 88388. The hybrid class will consist of online lectures with students coming to class only to take the midterm tests and the final. |
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