North Seattle Community College

North Seattle Community College Fall 2005

Chemistry 231: Organic Chemistry

Course meeting times and place: MW, 6:00 – 7:50 p.m. (AS 1520)

Purpose: This is the first quarter of a three-quarter organic chemistry series. This quarter, we will concentrate on nomenclature, polarity, chirality and basic mechanisms, principally of aliphatic compounds. This translates to the first eight chapters of the textbook.

Prerequisites: General chemistry with a GPA of 2.0 or greater; at North, the general chemistry series is CHE 140/150/160. Due to the complexity of the reading, English 101 (or equivalent) is strongly recommended.

Textbook: Organic Chemistry by Paula Bruice (4^th edition)

Other required materials: An e-mail address you will check a couple times per week

I will post most of the handouts from class on the course website in pdf form.

Instructor: Tracy Furutani Office: IB 2328B

Phone: 528-4509 Office hours: MW, 2:30 – 4:00, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

e-mail: tfurutani@sccd.ctc.edu

website: http://faculty.northseattle.edu/tfurutani/

Grading:

Exercises: 11 at 10 points each, best 10 100

Midterm exams: 3 at 50 points each, best 2 100

Homework: 8 at 10 points each, best 7 70

Pair project on plastics 30

Final (comprehensive – December 14, 6:00 p.m.) 100

Total 400

Grades will be assigned as follows:

Your total points: 380 - 400 Your grade: 4.0

360 - 379 3.7

340 - 359 3.3

320 - 339 3.0

300 - 319 2.7

280 - 299 2.3

260 - 279 2.0

240 - 259 1.7

220 - 239 1.3

200 - 219 1.0

< 200 0.0

Text reading: (your will be responsible for all sections not listed here)

Chapter #1 all sections except section 1.10

Chapter #2 all sections except sections 2.3, 2.5, 2.7 and 2.15

Chapter #3 all sections except section 3.1

Chapter #4 all sections except section 4.8

Chapter #5 all sections except sections 5.13, 5.14, 5.16 and 5.17

Chapter #6 all sections except sections 6.10 6.11 and 6.12

Chapter #7 all sections

Chapter #8 all sections except sections 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3

Homework: These problems are due at the same time as the mid-quarter exam (or final) that you are being tested on. For instance, the chapter 1 and 2 problems will be due at the first midterm. It is highly recommended that you do them order to prepare for the exams. These problems will be indicative of the type of questions on the exams. The answers to some of these questions are at the end of the text starting on page A-24. If the answer is not in this section then it will be in the “Study Guide and Solutions Manual” (which will be on reserve in the library).

Chapter #1: 4, 5, 8-12, 14, 20, 22, 26-28, 30-32, 34, 36, 39, 40 a-c, 41, 42, 48, 49, 50-52, 54, 57, 58, 61-63, 65-67.

Chapter #2: 1,4, 6 a-c, 14, 16 a-d, 20-23, 26, 27, 30, 35, 36, 38, 42, 43, 46, 49, 52, 53, 56, 56, 60

Chapter #3: 4, 6, 7, 11-13, 15, 18-19, 22, 25 a-b, 39.

Chapter #4: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 12, 15-17, 20, 24, 26, 33, 34, 35 a-d,g,j-m, 39, 40, 42, 44, 45 a-d, 50 a-f.

Chapter #5: 1, 2,4-9, 18, 20-23, 26-28, 31-33a, 42, 44, 48, 50 a,c,d, 54, 56, 57, 59, 60 a-b, 62 a-e, 64, 66, 70, 71, 74.

Chapter #6: 2 a-c, 6, 8, 9a, 10-12, 16,17, 19, 22, 23 a-f, 24-26, 32 a-d, h, 33 a-d, h, 36, 39.

Chapter #7: 1-12, 18-36

Chapter #8: 3-8, 13, 14, 30, 31, 34, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 52, 55.

Exams: The midterm exams are fifty minutes long and cover the material since the last exam; the final is two hours long and is comprehensive. These items represent individual learning, so no collaboration or use of the textbook is allowed. However, since they represent learning (and not memorization), they will be (unless otherwise specified) open notes, handouts, lab notebook, exercises and calculator.

Exercises: There will be weekly exercises designed to illustrate the topics we are covering in class. The exercises are due at the next midterm. You may work alone or in groups on these, though each person in the group should keep her or his own copy for use during exams.

Plastics pair project: You and a partner will choose an aliphatic or simply-substituted aliphatic compound used in the manufacture of plastics, research that substance and present a short illustrated oral presentation to the class, as well as turn in a written report. In addition to describing the reaction(s) that make the plastic, you will also describe the uses of the plastic and assess its recyclability. There will be a further handout on this assignment.

Make-ups: Missed exams and labs cannot be made up; in return, I drop the lowest exam, exercise and homework score.

Cheating: Don't. I will use the policy outlined in the Student Conduct section of the Student Handbook. Remember, a group project is the result of a roughly equal sharing of ideas from each member of the group. Collaboration is absolutely essential. A lab report or exam, however, is an evaluation of what each individual understands.

Attendance: I will not take attendance during the quarter, but, since we meet only forty-two times during the quarter, it is imperative that you come to each meeting. Please call me (528-4509) or, better, e-mail me (tfurutani@sccd.ctc.edu) if you are going to miss class, so that we can discuss what you have missed.

Dates to remember: Last day to drop course November 18

Last day of instruction December 12

Tentative calendar: the chapter numbers refer to chapters in the Bruice textbook. This is a provisional calendar and topics/dates are subject to change. The lab topics/ sequence is also subject to change. Check the website for the most up-to-date calendar.

September 26

Introduction and Chapter 1

Exercise 1

Chapter 1

October 3

Chapter 2

Exercise 2

Chapter 2

Plastics pair project

Sample exam 1

Chapter 2

Exercise 3