Assigned Chapters and Sections, and Practice Problems, “Organic Chemistry," 8th Ed., Carey.The Skills Needed for Success in Organic ChemistryCHEMISTRY 360 Organic Chemistry Fall 2013 Professor: John E. Bartmess Office: BU 601 | Phone: 974-6578 | Email: [email protected] Class time and location: BU 300, MWF 11:15 AM – 12:05 PM CRN 41341NOTE: I have a very aggressive junk mail filter. If you email me, please include "Chem 360" in the subject, so my junk mail filter doesn't kill it. Blackboard: I will use both the email function and links to documents in the Blackboard system this semester. It is your responsibility to either routinely read your "formal" @utk.edu/@tennessee.edu email account, or to have it forwarded to an account that you do check. Because providers like Yahoo/ Hotmail/ Gmail do not generate bounce messages when mailboxes are full, I have no idea if you are getting things or not if your email is set up that way. You are responsible for email sent to your @utk address. Many of the files that I’ll send to you are in Word/Office 2010. If you have an older version of Word, you’ll need the (free) Office Compatibility pack to read these, at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/. Also, there’s no reason to not have the latest Adobe Reader: http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.Office Hours: Wed 1:00-2:00 PM, Thu 1:00-2:00 PM. I'm also glad to make appointments at the end of the lecture period for discussions at whatever time. However, the 30 minutes before the lecture are NEVER available times, due to my reviewing for the lecture. Hour Exams: Sep 25(W), Oct 23(W), Nov 20(W) EVENING EXAMS! 7:00-8:30 PM Your worst one of these three (relative to the class average on that exam) counts 15%, and the two others count 22.5% each, of the course points. Based on the rate at which the material is being covered, these may be moved slightly later; they will not be moved earlier. Check in class to be sure of the dates. Answer keys will be posted on BlackBoard, and in the glass-front cabinets outside the rear door to BU 415. Final Exam: 9 Dec (Mon) 12:30-2:30 PM 40% of total points. Cumulative in content.Text: “Organic Chemistry,” 8th. Ed., Carey. Required. NOT the new Brown text used in 350 this semester!“Student Solutions Manual,” Atkins and Carey (recommended)This is not just the answers to problems, but a wealth of material that will help you learn. Read! “Proteus Organic Model Kit" (recommended, though spliting one set with another student is okay) - available from Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society, outside BU 415, 1st full week of classes. "Framework Molecular Models" are also acceptable. Chapters 12-23,25 will be covered this semester, with a few sections omitted (see below). The selected problems will not be collected or graded, but will be considered fair game for exams (though not exclusively so).Co-requisite: 360 is a pre- or co-requisite of Chem 369 Organic Lab, but 369 is no longer a co-requisite of 360. This means you do not have to take 369 at the same time as 360, but if you are taking 369, you must have credit already or be taking 360 the same semester.Background: I expect you to have a reasonable knowledge of the chemistry of the various functional groups that you studied in Chem 350; considerable review at the start of the semester is highly advised. Likewise, knowledge of such general chemical concepts as equilibrium, acidity, stereochemistry,reaction coordinates, etc. is assumed. I strongly suggest that as one part of this, you print and fill out the reaction map on Blackboard, which I used in Chem 350. The key to that map is also there, as well as thepKa table that's a subset of Table 1.8.Rules for missed exams: If you miss an exam, you must have a valid, verifiable excuse, presented to me by the next class period. For an hour exam, if the excuse is accepted, your grade for that exam will be assigned based on your performance on the other hour exams, relative to the class average. If the excuse isnot accepted, you will be assigned a zero on that exam. You cannot miss two hour exams and get credit forthe course. If you are failing the course coming into the final, and you miss the final (even with a valid excuse), a grade of "F" will be assigned. Exam Re-grading: Arithmetic mistakes of addition or transferring points to the front page will be corrected anytime. For re-grading of an answer's content, the exam must be submitted no later than four class meetings after the exam date, with the number of the question(s) to be regraded clearly marked on the front. Also, you need the feedback from how you did on a previous exam, to help you study for the next exam. If you don't pick up your previous exam by three class meetings after the exam, I will deduct 5 points from that exam’s grade. Class Attendance. This is not a course that you can pass solely by reading the book. I expect attendance at all classes, though I do assume that you are responsible adults, and thus I will not take attendance. I willsometimes make announcements in class regarding material to be covered, or exam content, or so forth, that you will be responsible for knowing. An excuse of “I didn’t know” is not acceptable. Pop quizzes thatcount toward the final grade are likely if a lack of class attendance makes them necessary.Snow policy: If UTK is officially closed due to weather at the hour of an exam, the exam will be given at the next class meeting. If UTK is open, but weather keeps you from attending, contact me that day to explain your problem. University Rules (Undergraduate Catalog, “Academic Policies and Procedures”) - Chem 350 is a strict pre-requisite for this course. You must have passed (Grade of D- or better, not just taken and dropped) Chem 350 to take this course. Yes, we check. - You are not allowed to take a course more than three times. If you have taken Chem 350 three