Comprehensive Final Exam to be given on:Friday, Dec. 13, 11:30-2:30 (check your seating before the exam).CHEM. 20A GENERAL CHEMISTRY: CHEMICAL STRUCTURE FALL 2002 Instructor: Daniel Neuhauser REVISED COURSE ORGANIZATION (note revised exam dates!!!!) See other side for lecture schedule DESCRIPTION: This is a course in general chemistry designed for physical science and engineering majors. We cover a survey of quantum chemistry, atomic properties, chemical bonding in molecules, spectroscopy, and an introduction to organic molecules, polymers and transition metal complexes. LECTURES: MWF at 10 a.m. in CS50 Young Hall. BULLETIN BOARD: Near vending machines on 1st floor, Young Hall. Check the board and also VOH regularly for announcements (http://voh.chem.ucla.edu) INSTRUCTOR: Professor Daniel Neuhauser, 3049 Young Hall, telephone 206-1274; [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: Professor’s on Mondays, 3 – 4 p.m., and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 12 noon, in 1225 Young Hall. TA’s (Teaching Assistants) and their sessions: Amacher, Anneliese: 1A, 1E, 1M. Boukai, Akram 1H, 1I, 1K Burns, Aaron: 1B, 1D, 1L Campbell Brian: 1J, 1N, 1F Chongsathien, Jeffrey: 1G, 1C, 1O TA’s office hours will be posted on the bulletin board and VOH. You may attend office hours of any of the TAs. REQUIRED TEXT: • Principles of Modern Chemistry, 5th edition, by Oxtoby, Gillis and Nachtrieb (4’th edition is also acceptable, but you’ll need to copy the relevant HW pages from the 5’th edition). OPTIONAL TEXTS: • Study Guide for Principles of Modern Chemistry (Oxtoby & Gillis). READING & HOMEWORK: You should attempt to read assigned chapters before related lectures. Homework will be due every Wednesday (see the Homework List on the next page). No late homework will be accepted. Solutions will be posted on the bulletin board, but NOT online. The TAs will grade selected questions. EXAMINATIONS: Two 50-minute midterm exams are scheduled for Friday, Nov. 1 and Monday, November 25th during the regular lecture time slot. The three-hour final exam is scheduled for Friday, December 13th, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Also, the midterm and the final exams will be held in two rooms—check a few days prior to the exam to determine the room number. No make-up exams will be given. A legitimate reason (e.g., verified serious illness) for missing a midterm must be discussed with the professor, preferably before the exam. If approved, a midterm grade will be assigned based on performance on similar material contained on the final exam. NO ONE will be permitted to take the final exam either earlier than or later than the scheduled time, and no one will receive a passing grade in the course without taking the final exam. Incomplete course grades will be given only in the case of a serious medical emergency. The exam will be “pencils-only,” and you will be supplied with a copy of the periodic table. No books, notes, calculators, pager or cellular phones will be allowed (students found in possession of any of these items during exams will receive zero on the exam). Pagers and cellular phones are also not allowed during lectures. GRADING: The sum of all homework scores will be worth 10% of your final grade. Each midterm will count 22% toward the final grade, and the final exam will count 46%. The class is graded on a curve rather than on an absolute scale. DN – Chem20A Fall 2002 Outline 1 9/30/02DN – Chem20A Fall 2002 Outline 2 9/30/02 Chem. 20A, Fall 2002, Instructor: Daniel Neuhauser. Tentative Schedule Dates Topics Reading:/Assigned Problems Due (wed.) (underlined problems are optional): ______________________________________________________________________________ Sep. 27 Basic Chemistry App. A: 8,18; App. B 12; Oct. 9 App. C :2. Ch. 1: 9, 12, 22, 24 Ch. 2: 8,13,16,18,20,32,36, 38, 52 Sep. 30, Quantum Mechanics, Ch. 15.1-15.5, 15.7: Oct. 16 Oct. 2,3,7 4, 5, 8, 12, 14, 18, 22, 28, 76, 77, 78, 30, 32, 102 Oct. 9,11,14: Atomic Wavefunctions, Ch. 15.8-15.9: 38, 44, 52, 58, Oct. 23 Periodic Trends 60, 62, 64, 82, 94 Ch. 3: 14cd, 24, 26 End of Material for MidTerm 1 (given Friday, Nov. 1). Oct. 16,18,21 Lewis dots, Shapes via Ch. 3: 28ad, 34, 44, 50, 56bc, Nov. 6 VSEPR 64,66, 68cf, 90be, 97,99,100 Oct. 25: Midterm I (Check your seating prior to exam) Oct. 23,28,30 Molecular wavefunctions Ch. 16.1-16.3: 2, 10, 12, Nov. 13 Nov.1,4 and energies; MO 16, 18, 35, 38 picture Nov. 6,8,13 VB and extended MO Ch. 16.3.-16.4: 22, 26, 28, Nov. 20 15,20 pictures; bonding in organic 32, 34, 41, 40, 42 molecules; SP, SP2 and SP3 coordination. Precise End of Material for Midterm II (Given Monday Nov. 25) would be announced later Nov. 25: Midterm II (Check your seating prior to exam). Nov. 22,27 Spectroscopy and review of material Ch. 17: 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 28, 32 Dec. 4 Dec. 2, 4, 6 Comprehensive Final Exam to be given on: Friday, Dec. 13, 11:30-2:30 (check your seating before the exam). At the top of each HW assignment write your: name; student id number; discussion section number; TA’s name. Homework is to be turned in on or before the due date. Late homework will receive no