CHEM 14B: SPRING 2004Instructor: Dr. Einhard SchmidtGENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR LIFE SCIENCE MAJORS: COURSE ORGANIZATION & SYLLABUSORGANIC SOFTWARE & MODELING ASSIGNMENTS: ChemDraw and Chem3D are very useful in learning to draw, visualize and analyze molecules and are the most commonly use software packages used by organic chemists at universities and in industry. You will be usingWEEK 3 & 4ElectrochemistryRead: AJ Ch 12.1 to end of 12.12, 12.16CHEM 14B: SPRING 2004 Instructor: Dr. Einhard Schmidt GENERAL CHEMISTRY FOR LIFE SCIENCE MAJORS: COURSE ORGANIZATION & SYLLABUS See other side for lecture schedule DESCRIPTION: This course provides the chemistry foundation required to pursue a career in the life sciences. We cover thermochemistry; the first, second and third law of thermodynamics; free energy changes; electrochemistry; chemical kinetics, catalysis and reaction mechanisms; general classes of organic molecules; functional groups; structure and conformations of organic molecules; stereochemistry of organic molecules; electron delocalization and resonance of organic molecules. These topics will also be related to your 14BL lab experiments, in particular your experiments with p-nitrophenylacetate and aspirin. You will also learn to use scientific software to build chemical models, see three dimensional molecular shapes and determine the relative stabilities of molecules. LECTURES: M, W, F 9 am-11am CS24. INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Einhard Schmidt, 2070B Young Hall. OFFICE HOURS: Friday 11am - 1pm, by appointment, flexible, and virtual office hours every day. Brief questions will also be answered after each lecture. Course related information will be available, and your questions can be posted, at any time to the Virtual Office Hours (VOH) under the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Home Page (http://voh.chem.ucla.edu). All technical problems with VOH must be sent to: [email protected] TA's (Teaching Assistants): Vivian Chiu [email protected], Kin Hing Phoa [email protected], Rose Jefferson [email protected], Sonia Shariff [email protected]. TA's will arrange their own office hours and these will be posted on VOH. You may go to any TA office hour. REQUIRED TEXTS: Chemical Principles: The Quest for Insight, 3rd (2nd optional) edition, by Peter Atkins & Loretta Jones (with solution manual & model building kit); and Organic Chemistry, 4th edition, by Paula Bruice (with study guide & solution manual). Careful consideration went into choosing these texts, you will find them good to read. OPTIONAL ORGANIC RESOURCES (also used in Chem 14C & 14D): Organic Chemistry & Biochemistry Structure Visualization Workbook, Luceigh; Pushing Electrons, Daniel Weeks; Chem TV Core Organic Chemistry; Interactive Organic Chemistry CD & Workbook, Vining. Note: Several other chemistry textbooks have been placed on reserve in College Library, if you desire further supplementary material. READING & HOMEWORK: Read assigned chapters before the related lectures occur. Working through problems will facilitate your learning the course material and developing your problem solving skills. Homework problems are given with the lecture schedule on the back of this page. Homework is not turned in or graded. It is your responsibility to do (at least) the assigned homework in order to master the material covered. You should plan for twelve hours of independent study per week, and the more problems you do, the more you will learn. ORGANIC SOFTWARE & MODELING ASSIGNMENTS: ChemDraw and Chem3D are very useful in learning to draw, visualize and analyze molecules and are the most commonly use software packages used by organic chemists at universities and in industry. You will be using this free software in our excellent Science Learning Center (SLC). EXAMINATIONS: Short quizzes directly related to class notes and homework problems will be given in discussion sections. See VOH for schedule. Two 2 hour exams are scheduled for Monday August 30 and Friday, Sept. 17 during the regular lecture time slot. In addition to the 2 exams 3 30 minute quizzes are scheduled on Monday, August 16, Monday Aug. 23 and Monday Sept. 13. Special Bonus: Each of the three exams will include one question that will be taken from your Student's Solutions Manual. So it is very much in your interest to work through these questions. All exams must be written in pen. No make-up exams will be given. No one will be permitted to take the exams either earlier or later than the scheduled time, and no one can receive a passing grade for the course without taking both exams. There are no regrades. Only non-programmable, non-graphing calculators will be allowed during exams. Pagers and cellular phones are not allowed in the classroom during lectures or exams. Students possessing such items during exams or who commit other forms of academic dishonesty will receive a zero on the exam and will be referred to the Dean of Students.GRADING: Quiz scores will be worth 30 points each and given the last half hour of the scheduled lecture day. The exams will be worth 100 points each. Quizzes 30% (30 pts each x 3 = 90 pts) 2 Midterms 67% (100 pts each x 2 = 200 pts) T.A. points 3% (10 points from T.A.’s) Total 100% WEEKLY LECTURE SCHEDULE Lectures Topics Readings and Problems WEEK 1 & 2 Thermodynamics: The First Law Read: AJ Ch 6 (Omit: 6.11, 6.20, 6.22) (~1.5 lectures) Problems: 1, 5, 9, 11, 21, 25, 38, 41, 42, 44, 46, 51, 54, 55, 59, 73, 75 Thermodynamics: The Second & Third Laws Read: AJ Ch 7 (~2.5 lectures) Problems: 3, 7, 17, 19, 25, 27, 29, 39, 43, 47, 51, 57, 80, 85 Read: AJ Ch 9.3 & 9.11 Problems: 5, 7, 9, 11, 81, 85 WEEK 3 & 4 Electrochemistry Read: AJ Ch 12.1 to end of 12.12, 12.16 (~1.5 lectures) Problems: 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 19, 21, 23, 28, 33, 34, 35, 37, 41, 54, 57 Chemical Kinetics Read: AJ Ch 13 (~2 lectures) Problems: 1, 3, 9, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 33, 35, 36, 37, 43, 45, 47, 59, 61, 64, 65, 68 Monday August 30, Midterm – In Class, All Material from Ch 6- 13 WEEKS 5 & 6 Functional Groups, Alkanes & Cycloalkanes, Review: Bruice Ch 1.1 to end of 1.16 Alkenes Read: Bruice Ch 2 (~6 lectures) Problems: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 34, 41, 42, 45 Read: Bruice Ch 3.1 to end of 3.5 Problems: 3, 5, 6, 7,