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Course Textbook
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Videos
Homework
Review of General Chemistry I Available Fall 2008
NMR and CMR Lecture Notes Available Fall 2008



COURSE TEXTBOOK

The course text is Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition, by T. W. Graham Solomons and Craig B. Fryhle. It's published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reading assignments from this text are shown in the course's Outline of Learning Activities that you will receive on the first day of class.

In addition to this, there are two other excellent texts on reserve in the library:


COURSE LABORATORY MANUAL

The laboratory manual for this course is Laboratory Exercises for Organic Chemistry I, by R. A. Gangi. Laboratory exercises from this manual are scheduled to be performed as indicated in the course's Outline of Learning Activities.


MOLECULAR MODEL SET

The Molecular Model Set for Organic Chemistry from Allyn & Bacon will be used in the course. It is available, along with the text, in the College Book Store. Please bring this model set to class and to exams.

CD-ROM SOFTWARE

There is CD-ROM computer software available for some of the material in this course. This is indicated with a check mark in the last column of the course's Outline of Learning Activities. A list of this SUGGESTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I is included below. If you are having difficulties with some of the course material (and even if you're not!) it would be worth your while to study using this software.

This software can be viewed in room 603 of the Learning Resource Center (LRC) - the building to the left of the College Bookstore. A 3-1/2" disk with most of the same material is on reserve in the College Library. If you have a computer at home you may wish to check this out for a short period of time. The College Bookstore also has copies of these for sale.

Your instructor will give you a set of INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING THE COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. The procedure will also be demonstrated in class.

SUGGESTED COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
Dr. R. A. Gangi

Program: "INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY"

Click on a chapter from your text and see what software is available to you:
Chapter 1 Carbon Compounds and Chemical Bonds
Chapter 2 Representative Carbon Compounds
Chapter 4 Alkanes: Nomenclature, Conformational Analysis
Chapter 5 Stereochemistry
Chapter 6 Ionic Reactions
Chapter 7 Alkenes and Alkynes-Properties/Synthesis
Chapter 8 Alkenes and Alkynes-Reactions
Chapter 9 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Chapter 11 Alcohols & Ethers
Chapter 12 Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds

Program: "ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY"

Experiment O-2 Fractional Distillation
Experiment O-3 Extractions


Chapt. or Expt.
Topic in CD Index
Section under that Topic
1
Alkanes
Introduction
2
Alkanes
Functional Groups
Drawing Structural Formulas
2
Spectroscopic Methods
IR and NMR Spectroscopy
4
Alkanes
Alkane Nomenclature: Rules
Alkane Nomenclature: Practice
Cycloalkanes
Cyclohexane
5
Alkanes
Chiral Molecules
Diastereomers and Meso Compounds
R and S Configurations
6
Substitution Reactions
Bimolecular Substitution
n-BuBr and t-BuBr Experiments
Reactivity of Alkyl Halides
Racemization and Exchange
Stereochemistry of Substitution
Substitution Practice Problems
7
Alkenes and Alkynes
Alkenes
Alkyne Structure and Nomenclature
8
Alkenes and Alkynes
Reactions of Alkenes
Alkene Chemistry Problems
Alkene Practice Problems
Alkyne Reactions
9
Spectroscopic Methods
IR and NMR Spectroscopy
11
Alcohols
Alcohol Nomenclature (Subsections 1, 2, 4 and 5 only)
Reactions of Alcohols (Subsections 1 and 2 only)
12
Alcohols
Reactions of Alcohols (Subsections 3, 4 and 5 only)
Oxidation of Alcohols
Grignard Reagents
Grignard Reagent Problems
Alcohol Chemistry Problems
Alcohol Practice Problems
Multistep Aliphatic Synthesis
12
Aldehydes and Ketones
Reduction of Carbonyl Groups
Expt. O-2
Distillation
Fractional Distillation
All
Expt. O-3
Extraction
Extraction Experiment
All


VIDEOS

Under the heading "Reading Assignment" in the course's Outline of Learning Activities, you will sometimes find a letter in addition to page numbers in the texts. These letters refer to video tapes whose titles appear below. This material, which is available at the AV Center in the Library, must be viewed prior to the class indicated in the outline.

A. Tape 2: Recrystallization
435 Crystallization: Standard Procedure
436 Crystallization: Inducing Crystallization
437 Decolorizing of Solutions
439 Collection and Drying of Solids: Vacuum Filtration
440 Collection and Drying of Solids: Drying
B. Tape 3: Distillation
426 Laboratory Equipment: Standard Taper Glassware
428 Simple Distillation
429 Fractional Distillation: Separation
430 Fractional Distillation: Column Efficiency
C. Tape 4: Extractions
433 Solubility of Compounds: Structure and Solubility
434 Solubility of Compounds: Effect of Temperature on Solubility
441 Extraction: General Techniques
442 Extraction: Separation of a Mixture
D. Tape 5: Infrared Spectroscopy
417 Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
418 Interaction of Radiation and Matter
422 Infrared Spectroscopy
455 Infrared Techniques: Preparation of Undiluted Samples
456 Infrared Techniques: Preparation of Solid Samples
457 Infrared Techniques: Preparation of Solution Samples

HOMEWORK

Homework for this course will be taken from the following set of problems -- the numbers refer to problems found in Organic Chemistry, 8th edition, Solomons and Fryhle.
ChapterProblems*
1
1.1 to 1.4; 1.8; 1.10 to 1.21; 1.23; 1.24; 2.1 to 2.8; 2.37; 2.41; 1.31; 1.32; 1.35
2
2.9 to 2.18; 2.20; 2.21; 2.24(IR); 2.25 to 2.28; 2.29(IR); 2.31(IR); 2.41;
and in handout "IR/NMR Assignment": 1, 2 & 3
3
3.1 to 3.3; 3.5; 3.7; 3.13 a,b,d-f; 3.14 to 3.21; 3.23 to 3.25
4
4.1 to 4.10; 4.12 to 4.14; 4.19; 4.20; 4.22; 4.31; 4.39; 4.41; 4.42
5
5.1 to 5.5; 5.7; 5.9 to 5.13; 5.16 to 5.22; 5.30; 5.33; 5.35
6
6.1 to 6.4; 6.6; 6.9; 6.11 to 6.17; 6.25
7
7.1; 7.3 to 7.5; 7.7; 7.8; 7.10; 7.11; 7.13 to 7.24; 7.28
8
8.1; 8.2; 8.8; 8.9; 8.11; 8.23; 8.25; 8.27 to 8.29; 8.31; 8.32; 8.51
9 (NMR)
9.1 to 9.4; 9.7; 9.8; 9.29 a-f,h,i
11
11.1 to 11.7; 11.13; 11.25 to 11.29; 11.32; 11.35
12
12.4; 12.5; 12.9 to 12.12; 12.14; 12.15; 12.17; 12.19

*These homework assignments are subject to modification.


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