Course Description;
Chemistry 2240K is the first semester of a two semester sequence in organic
chemistry. This sequence discusses the chemical reactions of organic (carbon
containing) compounds. This course focuses on principles important in organic
reactions such as bonding, isomerism, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, and
spectroscopy.
Class Hours: 3 Laboratory Hours: 2
Credit Hours: 4
Course Objective: This course provides the basic
principles needed to understand the many reactions and mechanisms presented in
Chemistry 2241 and more advanced chemistry or biology courses.
Learning Outcomes:
Organic Chemistry I is
designed to provide a basic understanding of the covalent bond and the
chemistry of carbon compounds.
By the end of the first
semester students should be comfortable with the concepts of structure,
nomenclature, conformation, stereochemistry, resonance, and substitution,
elimination and addition reactions.
They should also
recognize the various functional groups that are common to most organic
molecules and begin to understand and appreciate some of the reaction
processes that are specific to those functional groups.
Additionally, it is
expected that students will have at least a basic understanding and working
knowledge of the important spectroscopic methods (NMR, IR, and UV) that are
used for structure identification.
Required Prerequisite Course; Chemistry 1211K
Recommended Prerequisite Courses; Chemistry 1212K, Math 0099,
English 0099, Reading 0099, or high school equivalent
Laboratory Manual for
Organic Chemistry; A Short Course; 12th edition; By: Hart ,
Craine, Hart, and Vinod
Grading
Six to seven exams will
be given throughout the semester, as well as a cumulative final. The tests
will be given after the following material has been completed in class. Each
test will be weighted equally.
Test 1: Chapters
1-2 ; Chemical Bonding and Alkanes
Test 2: Chapter 3
-4 a; Conformations of Alkanes & First Third
of Alcohols and Alkyl Halides
Test 3: Chapters
4b; Nucleophilic Substitution
Test 4; Chapters 5,
6; Alkenes ; Formation and Electrophilic
Addition Reactions
Test 5: Chapter 7.
8 ; Nucleophilic Substitution and
Stereochemistry
Test 6: Chapter
9-10 ; Alkynes and Conjugated Systems
Weekly laboratory
reports are required. The average of these lab reports will count as a test
grade. The grade of a late lab report will be reduced 10% for each day it is
late. You must pass the laboratory to pass the class.
The final grade will be
determined using the average of the tests, final, and laboratory reports.
Attendance Policy: In order to get the most from
any course, each student should attend all scheduled classes. The attendance
policy for the Division of Natural Science and Mathematics contains the
following requirements.
The maximum number of
class days a student can miss and still receive credit for the course is
twice the number of lecture classes in a week. This is 4 classes per
semester.
A grade of zero is
assigned for any assignments missed due to an unexcused absence. An
assignment missed due to an excused absence will be given a grade of zero if
it is not made up within five schooldays of the students return to class.
There are no make-ups
for laboratories. A grade of zero due to a lab missed because of an excused
absence will be dropped when averaging the lab grade. Only one excused zero
will be dropped. The grade of zero for a lab missed due to an unexcused
absence will not be dropped.
Withdrawal Policy
Withdrawing before
Add/Drop has been completed will leave no record of taking the course on
your transcript.
Withdrawal before
midterm will give you a grade of "W." This will appear on your transcript.
Withdrawal after
midterm will give you a grade of "WF."
Hardship Withdrawal: A
hardship withdrawal may only be sought after midterm in the case of a
non-academic hardship such as a severe, extended illness. The procedure for
seeking a hardship W is located on page 56 of the college catalog.
Special Needs
Statement:Students
requiring classroom accommodations or modifications because of a documented
disability
should discuss this need with the instructor at
the beginning of the semester.Students who
have not presented validation for learning disabilities from the Regents' Center
for Learning Disability (University System of Georgia) should complete all
necessary paperwork and submit this to Ms. Angela Nuga in Student Support
Services, Powell Hall 104. The telephone number is (912)-260-4435.Students who have not presented validation for physical disabilities
should register with the Office of the Vice President for Student Success, Mr.
Wes Brown, Richey Hall. The telephone number is (912)-260-4317.
Non-Student Policy: It is a campus policy that
visitors and children may not be present in classes or laboratories at South
Georgia College while they are in session.
Honor System:
This course will be
conducted utilizing the concepts embodied in an Honor System. Your awareness
and acceptance of the Honor System will be indicated by your signature in
addition to your printed name on all work submitted to me for evaluation. Work
submitted to me without a signature will not be evaluated. It will be recorded
as a zero and returned so that you may sign and resubmit it for evaluation.
Appropriate action will be taken against those found to be in violation of the
Honor System.
Science Learning Center: This is
available in Stubbs Hall, Room 140. In this center, there is access to computers
hooked up to the Internet. Additionally, there are items available which will be
helpful to this class; videotapes on chemistry and math, and copies of the
solution guide to end-of-the-chapter problems.
Lecture Topics
Chapter 1: Chemical
Bonding
Chapter 2:
Alkanes
Chapter 3:
Conformations of Alkanes and
Cycloalkanes
Chapter 4: Alcohols and
Alkyl Halides
Chapter 5: Structure
and Preparation of Alkenes; Elimination Reactions
Chapter 6: Reactions of
Alkenes; Addition Reactions
Chapter 7:
Stereochemistry
Chapter 8:
Nucleophilic Substitution
Chapter 9: Alkynes
Chapter 10: Conjugation
in Alkadienes and Allylic
Systems
Laboratory Exercises
Check-In
Melting Point
Determination (1)
Recrystallization of
acetanilide (macroscale) (2)
Recrystallization of
acetanilde (microscale)
(2)
Recrystallization of p-dibromobenzene
(microscale) (2)
Conformations of
Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
(7)
Distillation (macroscale)
(3)
Stereoisomerism-Model
Lab (12)
Extraction (macroscale)(4)
Extraction (microscale)(4)
Extraction of Caffeine
from Tea Leaves (5)
Column Chromatography
(6A)
Thin-Layer
Chromatography (6B)
Check-out
Disclaimer
Circumstances may require
some changes to this syllabus during the conduct of the course.
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