Chem 331 Fall 2011

Fall 2011

Lecture MWF, 10:10-11 AM in 101 Brown Labs

Professor Joseph M. Fox

272 Brown Labs

302-831-0191

jmfox@udel.edu

Office hours: Mondays 11-12, or by appointment. Contact me by email to schedule an appointment.

Help Session

Teaching Assistant Samantha Brannick will hold a help session on Tuesdays in 101 Brown Lab from 5-6 pm

Links

Prior years of Chem 331 serve as an excellent resource for exam questions.

for questions from the last time Fox taught 331, see: http://www.udel.edu/chem/fox/chem331332.html

for questions from years Taber has taught 331, see: http://valhalla.chem.udel.edu

For a link to Chem 333, see: http://valhalla.chem.udel.edu

Textbooks:

• All students enrolled in Chem 333 (any section) should purchase: 'Organic Structure Determination', by Taber, ISBN: 9780195314700.

• Students enrolled in Chem 333-010 (Lab and Discussion section) should ALSO purchase: 'Organic Chemistry Laboratory' by Bell, Clark and Taber, ISBN: 9780030292729. Alternatively, students may purchase the Custom 331/333 Lab Manual ISBN: 9781133690986.

The following texts are also required for Chem 331:

• Required: Organic Chemistry, Vollhardt and Schore, 6th Edition, ISBN: 9781429204941

• A Molecular Model Set is required

• A 'clicker' is required

• Optional: 'Organic Chemistry Study Guide and Solutions Manual', 6th edition, Schore, ISBN: 9781429231367. Copies of this text will be available on reserve in the library.

Grading

There will be three hour exams, three quizzes and a final exam. Exams 1-3 will each be worth 20% of the final grade. Quizzes will each be worth 5% of the grade. The final exam will be worth 25% of the grade. Quizzes are CLOSED BOOK/NOTES. Exams are open book/notes Molecular models are allowed during exams.

Exam dates

Sept 30, Quiz 1 quiz 1.pdf quiz1answers.pdf

Oct 5, Exam 1 2011Exam1.pdf Exam1_KEY.pdf

Oct 26, Quiz 2 quiz 2 2011.pdf quiz 2 2011 answers.pdf

Oct 28, Exam 2 exam 2.pdf Exam 2 answers.pdf

Nov 18, Quiz 3 quiz 3.pdf quiz 3 answers.pdf

Nov 21, Exam 3 Chem 331 exam 3.pdf Chem 331 exam 3 answers.pdf

Syllabus:

Weeks 1 and 2: (Friday September 2, then Wed Sept 7, 9). Reading assignment: Vollhardt and Schore (V&S), Ch 1, 2 and 4

structure and bonding of organic compounds; Lewis dot structures, hybridization, electronegativity

Reading assignment: V&S, Ch 2;Ch 4. nomenclature handout.pdf and reading from V&S cited therein

free energy diagrams; organic functional groups; IUPAC nomenclature, conformational analysis, chair cyclohexane, Newman projections

Week 3: (Monday September 12th) Reading assignment: V&S, Ch 2;Ch 4. nomenclature handout.pdf and reading from V&S cited therein

free energy diagrams; organic functional groups; IUPAC nomenclature, conformational analysis, chair cyclohexane, Newman projections

LINKS:

• A nice overview of Hybridization theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1E18tBTlBg&feature=youtube_gdata_player

•chair cyclohexane--online visualization aids
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPLREpfZ63I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e3ydZLsL1A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI0qVMUBQHc&feature=related

• IUPAC practice--To practice IUPAC, you can use Reaxys

1)Open Reaxys
2)Double click in the frame
3)Draw a structure
4)Under “tools”, select “naming”. Then hit OK
5) The IUPAC name for the structure you drew will appear

Week 4: (Monday September 19). Reading: Ch 5

Fischer projections, Newman projections, R vs. S, diastereomers, enantiomers, more IUPAC names

HANDOUT: Chirality handout revised.pdf

Week 5: (Monday September 26). Quiz on Friday! homolytic vs. heterolytic; free-radical halogenation, bond-forming, bond-cleaving reactions. Reading: Chapters 3 in V&S. Take note of Tables 3-1 and 3-2 on pages 97-98. Also, Read pgs 612-614, Radical Allylic Halogenation.

Be sure to read these handouts: radicalhandout.pdf

in addition to reading see additional handout on Taber's website: Bu3SnH

Week 6: (Monday October 3rd) Exam 1 on Wednesday OCT 5!

Reading Ch 6. In addition read pg 350-355, Williamson Ether synthesis