Chemistry 202: Organic Chemistry I, Fall 2008

Date

Quiz

Chapter & Topic

Laboratory Experiment

Fri Sep 5th

 

Opening remarks and overview.  Ch 1: the Periodic Table

None

Mon Sep 8th

3

Ch 1: Atomic and Molecular Orbitals

Week 1:
Melting Point Determination

Wed Sep 10th

 

Ch 1: Atomic and Molecular Orbitals, Acids and Bases

Fri Sep 12th

 

Ch 2: Organic Nomenclature

Mon Sep 15th

3

Ch 2: Conformations of Alkanes

Week 2:
Recrystallization

Wed Sep 17th

 

Ch 2: Conformations of Rings

Fri Sep 19th

 

 

Ch 3: Intro to Alkenes

Mon Sep 22nd

3

Ch 3-4: Reactions of Alkenes

Week 3:

Chromatography I

Wed Sep 24th

 

Ch 4: Alkene Reactions

Fri Sept 26th

 

Pre-exam review

Mon Sept 29th

 

Midterm Exam #1

Week 4:
Chromatography II

Wed Oct 1st

 

Ch 5: Stereochemistry

Fri Oct 3rd

 

 

Ch 5: Stereochemistry

Mon Oct 6th

3

Ch 5: Stereochemistry

Week 5:

Chromatography III

Wed Oct 8th

 

Ch 6: Alkynes

Fri Oct 10th

 

Ch 6: Alkynes.  Introduction to synthesis!

FALL BREAK! J

 

Wed Oct 15th

 

Ch 7: Resonance and Benzene

None

Fri Oct 17th

 

Ch 7: Resonance and Benzene

Mon Oct 20th

 

3

Ch 7: Dienes

Week 6:

Extraction of Spinach Pigments

Wed Oct 22nd

 

 

Ch 7,12: UV-visible Spectroscopy and Diels-Alder

Fri Oct 24th

 

Pre–exam review

Mon Oct 27th

 

 

Midterm Exam #2

Week 7: Resolution of Diastereomers

Wed Oct 29th

 

 

Ch 8: SN2 Reactions

Fri Oct 31st

 

 

Ch 8: Mechanisms of SN1

Mon Nov 3rd

 

3

Ch 8: Competition between SN1 and SN2

Week 8: Preparation of Stilbene Dibromide

Wed Nov 5th

 

 

Ch 9: Two Kinds of Elimination Reactions

Fri Nov 7th

 

 

Ch 9: Elimination Reactions

Mon Nov 10th

 

3

Ch 9: Elimination Reactions

Week 9: Kinetics of Solvolysis of t-Butyl Chloride

Wed Nov 12th

 

 

Ch 10: Reactions of alcohols, amines, ethers, etc.

Fri Nov 14th

 

 

Ch 10: Organometallic reagents

Mon Nov 17th

3

Ch 11: Radical Reactions of Alkanes

Week 10: Competitive Alkene Formation via Alcohol Dehydration

Wed Nov 19th

 

Ch 11: Radical Reactions of Alkanes

Fri Nov 21st

 

Pre–exam review

Mon Nov 24th

 

 

Midterm Exam #3

None

Thanksgiving Break

Mon Dec 1st

 

 

Ch 12: Mass Spectrometry

Week 11:  Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy

Wed Dec 3rd

 

 

Ch 12: More Mass Spectrometry

Fri Dec 5th

 

 

Ch 12: Infrared spectroscopy

Mon Dec 8th

 

3

Ch 12: Infrared Spectroscopy

Week 12: Check out, evaluations, review

Wed Dec 10th

 

 

evaluations

Fri Dec 12th

 

 

Review for final exam