MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT RED MOUNTAIN

PHYSICAL SCIENCE DIVISION

 

 

 

General Organic Chemistry II  (CHM 236) Syllabus - Spring 2009

3 Credits        Section :  37700

Meeting time:  M/W   12:30 – 1:45 pm                                                      Room:   RDM P 250

Prerequisites:  CHM 235

 

Dr. James Giles

Office:            Red Mountain  P233                      

e-mail:           jgiles@mail.mc.maricopa.edu                                     Website:  www.mc.maricopa.edu/~jgiles

Phone:           Faculty Secretary:  480- 654-7734                               Office:  480-654-7718    

Office Hours:  M: 11:30 am -12:30 pm; T: 9:30 - 10:30 pm;  T:  4:15-5:15 pm;  W: 3:00–4:00 pm;  F: 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Tutoring :      M: 10:30 – 11:30 am W:  2:00 – 3:00 pm                               

    

 

TEXTBOOKS:  The required textbooks for this course is Organic Chemistry, 6th edition, written by L. G. Wade, and the accompanying Study Guide and Solutions Manual.   The books are available in the campus bookstore.

 

CALCULATOR:  Students will find calculators to be useful tools in this course.  Although organic chemistry is not as problem-based as a number of other chemistry classes,  a good calculator, capable of all basic math and exponential functions should be available for assignments and exams.

 

STUDY HINTS:  There is no substitute for lecture attendance and good notetaking.  The student will find that regular review of class notes, along with text study, will provide good all-around preparation for quizes and tests.  It is important to keep current and study on a regular basis.  In addition, for each chapter assigned, the student should thoroughly read the assigned chapter material and work some practise problems at the end of the chapter.  The student should master the terms and concepts found in bold in the text.  Many students find it useful to rewrite lecture notes soon after class, and/or to outline the book chapters as they are studied.  These rewrittten notes and outlines can be very useful study tools.

 

ATTENDANCE:  The Maricopa Community College District requires class attendance.  Ordinarily, the instructor will not drop students from class.  If a student wishes to be withdrawn from class with a W, he or she must initiate the process.  Remember that there is little chance of success without attendance.  If a student stops participation and attendance before the end of the semester without initiating a withdrawl, a grade of F will be assigned.   If an exam is missed due to an unavoidable emergency, a make-up test will only be given at the discretion of the instructor.  Make-up exams will only be available until the corrected original exam is returned to the class.

 

CLASSROOM HONESTY AND INTEGRITY:  Nothing says more about a person than his or her honesty and integrity.  Since students compete with one another for grades and positions in degree and training programs, cheating is considered a serious offense.  Students should consult with the student handbook or the catalog to review the policies and consequences of cheating.  Rather than resort to such tactics, a student should contact the instructor and see if some extra help may resolve any problems in the course.

 

HONORS:  Chemistry 236 is eligible for honors credit.  If you would like to take this course as an honors class, the instructor can provide you with more details.

 

DISABILITY ACCOMODATION:  If a student requires special accommodations due to a disability, please contact Jack Clevenger in Disability Resource Services at (480) 461-7447 (Southern and Dobson) or Patty Kolesky in the specialized student service area in the Mesquite building of the Red Mountain campus. Be assured that I am willing to make any reasonable accommodations for limitations due to any professionally diagnosed disability, including diagnosed learning disabilities. However, no special accommodations can be provided until a completed Instructor Notification form is received by your instructor from Disability Resource Services. Please note that it is the responsibility of the student to make all necessary arrangements in order for accommodations to be provided.


LECTURE TAPING:  Students are welcome to tape lectures if they desire.

 

 

 

 

CHM 236 COURSE OUTLINE *              Chapter                  Pages

 

 

I.          Structure and Synthesis of Alchols                                                             10 (review)                            all

 

II.         Reactions of Alcohols                                             11                                     all

 

III.        Review of Spectroscopy                                           12 & 13                             all

 

IV.        Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides                                  14                                     all

 

                                    EXAM 1                                      February 11              

 

 

V.         Conjugated Systems, Orbital Symmetry and UV          15                                     all

 

VI.        Aromatic Compounds                                             16                                     all

 

VII.       Reactions of Aromatic Compounds                            17                                     all

 

                                    EXAM 2                                      March  25                 

 

 

VIII.      Ketones and Aldehydes                                            18                                     all

 

IX.        Amines                                                                 19                                     all

 

X.         Carboxylic Acids                                                    20                                     all

 

XI.        Carboxylic Acid Derivatives                                     21                                     all

 

                                    EXAM 3                                      April  22

 

 

XII.       Alpha Substitutions and Condensaions of Enols          22                                     all

 

 

 

                                    FINAL EXAM                              Monday, May 11;  12:30 – 2:20 pm

 

*          Please note that topic order and exam dates may be changed at the instructor's discretion. 

 

**         Infrared (IR) and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) will be routine part of discussions

             and exams following the review of Chapters 12 and 13. 

 

 

Practice problems can be found at the end of each chapter.

 

 

Note: The last day for student-initiated withdrawl without the instructorÕs signature is March 6.  After that date an instructor's signature is neccessary, and a grade of W (withdrawl passing) or Y (withdrawl failing) will be assigned, depending upon the student's grade status at the time of withdrawl.

 

 

GRADING:

 

Grades in this course will be based upon quizzes, exams and one comprehensive final exam.

 

                   Guidelines:

               A.  Quizzes (in-class or take-home) will be given throughout the semester, covering                 

                     recently discussed material from each chapter.  Each quiz or will be worth 10 points. 

               B.  Students missing a quiz due to tardiness or absence will be given a score of

                     zero.  No make-up quizzes will be given.

               C.  The two lowest quiz scores will be dropped and the remaining scores normalized to give an

                     overall possible score of 100 points.

               D.  The best two of three regular 100 point exams will be counted to give a total of 200 points

                        possible.

               E.   A comprehensive final, worth 200 points, will be given.

 

                                                                        Possible Points

 

                            Best 10 quizzes                                  =                               100 pts

 

                            Best three of four exams                    =                               200 pts

 

                            One comprehensive final                   =                               200 pts

                                                                                                                        ______

                            Total                                                   =                               500 pts

 

 

                      Grading Scale:

 

                            A  =  90%

                            B  =  80%

                            C  =  70%

                            D  =  60%

                            F   =  Below 60%

 

SCORE RECORD:

 

        Quiz 1      _____                       Quiz 9       _____                    Exam 1        _______

        Quiz 2      _____                       Quiz 10     _____                    Exam 2        _______

        Quiz 3      _____                       Quiz 11     _____                    Exam 3        _______

        Quiz 4      _____                       Quiz 12     _____                    Exam 4        _______

        Quiz 5      _____                      

        Quiz 6      _____                                                                       Final Exam  _______

        Quiz 7      _____                      

        Quiz 8      _____                      

 

*Note:  Mesa Community College has a strict policy that forbids the posting of grades.  If you wish to know your final grade before it is mailed to you, you can provide me with a stamped self-addressed envelope or postcard, and I will mail the information to you.