Chemistry 302: Organic Chemistry II, Spring 2008

Lecture & Examination Schedule, Laboratory Experiment List

Week of

Chapter and Topic

Lab Experiment

Jan 30th

Intro to class, review Diels-Alder

None

Ch 13 NMR

Feb 4th

 

Ch 13 NMR

#1 The Diels–Alder Reaction

      (set up Spectroscopy)

Ch 13 NMR

Ch 13 NMR

Feb 11th

 

Ch 13, 14 NMR, Benzene

#2 Spectroscopy

Ch 14 Reactions of Benzene

Ch 14, 15 Reactions of substituted benzenes

Feb 18th

 

Ch 15 Reactions of substituted benzenes

#3 Tropylium

Ch 15 Reactions of substituted benzenes

Ch 16 Reactions of carbonyls

Feb 25th

 

Ch 16 Reactions of carbonyls

#4 Nitration of Methyl Benzoate

Ch 16 Reactions of carbonyls

review

Mar 3rd

 

 

Exam #1

#5 Banana Oil

Ch 17 Aldehydes and Ketones

Ch 17 Aldehydes and Ketones

Mar 10th

 

Ch 17 Aldehydes and Ketones

#6 Preparation of a Naphthalene Diimide

Ch 17 Aldehydes and Ketones

Ch 18 Intro to reactions at the alpha carbon

  J Spring Break!!! Yeah!!! J

Mar 24th

 

Ch 18 Substitutions at the alpha carbon

#7 The Wittig Reaction

Ch 18 Reactions at the alpha and beta carbons

Ch 18 Condensations

Mar 31st

 

Review of carbonyls

#8 Chemiluminesence

reveiw

Exam #2

Apr 7th

 

Ch 19 Reductions

#9 The Aldol Reaction

Ch 19 Oxidations

Ch 19 Oxidations

Apr 14th

 

Ch 20 Amines

#10 The Grignard Reaction

     (set up Ethanol lab)

Ch 20 Amines

Selected topics in biological chemistry

Apr 21st

 

Selected topics in biological chemistry

#11 Biosynthesis and Distillation   of Ethanol

Selected topics in biological chemistry

Selected topics in biological chemistry

Apr 28th

 

Exam #3

#12 Hydrolysis of Esters 

      Check-out

Ch 29 Pericyclic Reactions

Ch 29 Pericyclic Reactions

May 5th

Last day of classes

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