Dixie State College of Utah Course description and objectivesRequired MaterialsGradesHow to Succeed in this CourseCourse SyllabusORGANIC CHEMISTRY IChemistry 2310, Section 1Dixie State College of Utah Spring 2010Course instructor: Sarah Morgan Black Office: 121 Science BuildingOffice hours: 1-1:30 Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri, or by appointment Phone: (435) 652-7759E-mail address: [email protected] class meets: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri from 12:00 to 12:50 am (plan to attend every day!)Course description and objectivesChemistry 2310 is the first of two semesters of organic chemistry offered at Dixie State College. You should also be registered for the accompanying lab, Chem 2315, unless you have already taken it. You should have completed the general chemistry series – Chem 1210, 1220, 1215, and 1225. The organic chemistry series will prepare you for upper division course work in pre-professional, science, and engineering programs. It will also help you to have a greater appreciation for the organic chemistry that happens all around (and inside) you every day.When you are finished with this course, you should be able to: Classify organic compounds and represent them appropriately using line structures. This semester will focus on alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes. The remaining functional groups will be covered in the second semester. Explain the structures (hybridization, geometry, and polarity) and compare physical properties (boiling point, melting point, solubility, conformations, and stability) of compounds containing these functional groups. Use the rules of nomenclature to give correct names for compounds containing these functional groups, draw correct structures which correspond to a name, and correctly use and recognizing common names. Use principles of stereochemistry to locate stereocenters and label stereoisomers, identify chiral compounds, give stereochemical relationships between molecules, use Fischer projections, solve optical activity problems, and identify stereochemical results of a reaction. Use IR and NMR spectroscopy to characterize and identify organic compounds. Give starting materials, reagents, and products for reactions of alkanes, alkyl halides, alkenes, and alkynes. Use mechanistic principles to recognize nucleophiles and electrophiles, acids, and bases, and correctly draw the mechanisms of selected reactions; also use mechanisms to predict the regio- and stereoselectivity of products. Create multi-step syntheses by combining reactions.Required Materials1) Organic Chemistry, sixth edition, by L. G. Wade (optional)This course is based on a widely used textbook, Organic Chemistry, sixth edition, by L. G. Wade and you will have reading assignments from it. You are not required to purchase a copy, as it is quite expensive, but if you choose not to do so, you are responsible to locate a copy in order to do the reading assignments – two are on reserve the DSC library. You may also use a different textbook, but it will be your responsibility to locate the appropriate sections.2) Learning Guides, Homework, and Reading Assignments by Sarah Morgan BlackThe other materials that you will need for class are available online at the course web site: http://cactus.dixie.edu/smblack/chem2320 For each chapter you will find Nuggets of Knowledge, a Learning Guide, Homework, and a Reading Assignment. You must print out the Learning Guide for each chapter before the lecture begins for that chapter. You must print out and do the Homework for each chapter before it is due. You must also use the Reading Assignment to complete the assignment, but you do not need to print it out and turn it in. You will also find Nuggets of Knowledge (an outline for each chapter), and a key to the Learning Guide which will be posted after lecture for each chapter is finished. At the beginning of the page, you will find summary sheets for important concepts which you will need to refer back to all year. 3) Molecular modelsYou will also need a set of molecular models which can be purchased at the bookstore; please bring your models to class each day, as you will not know in advance when they will be needed. GradesYour grade will be based on your performance on homework, reading assignments, chapter quizzes, exams, and the final exam. Each category is weighted as shown below. After each exam, I will provide you with a print-out showing how you are doing in the class; also, please feel free to check your current grade with me at any time. (However, my grading program cannot predict the effect of future scores on your grades - if you want to know what final exam score will keep your B, for example, you'll have to do a little math, using the percentages given below.) Late homework and reading assignments, quizzes, and exams will be accepted, but you will lose 10% of the total possible points. The only exception is the final exam, which must be taken at the time given in the schedule. Late homework and reading assignments must be completed before the exam in which that chapter is covered. Under special circumstances, these penalties may be waived at my discretion. Learning guides and group learning activities (0%) - It is absolutely necessary that you attend class every day. You might be able to miss a day here or there for an emergency, but more than that and you will get in trouble. However, I will not take attendance, and you will not be specifically penalized for not attending. If you miss class, it is your job to obtain the information that you missed. At the end of each chapter we will have a group learning activity day, where you can practice learning in groups.Homework (20%) – Working problems is time consuming, but it is the only way to master organic chemistry. You are encouraged to work with other class members on homework, but do not copy their answers, and do not use past years' homework assignments or keys. This constitutes cheating! To receive credit, you must print out and complete the homework problems for each chapter. Homework assignments are due during the first 10 minutes of class on the day after the learning activity for each chapter, and are worth 20 points. Ten points will be awarded for completing all of the problems, and the other ten points will come from problems which I will select to grade. Your lowest homework score will be dropped. I will grade your homework on the day it is turned in and make it available