Lectures: M, W, F 9:10 - 10:00 AM (Sec. 1-14)

M, W, F 11:30 AM- 12:20 PM (Sec. 15-22)

Lecturers:	Professor Reusch	Dr.Parrill
Lecture Dates:	1/13-1/29 & 3/21-4/16	1/31-3/21 & 4/18-4/25
Phone:	355-9715 Ext. 154	355-9715 Ext. 223
Office:	CEM 523	CEM 208
Office Hours:	M, 3-4:00 p.m. & T, 10-11:00 a.m.	W, F 1:00-2:00 PM (and by appointment)

Texts: 1) W. H. Brown, Organic Chemistry, Saunders College Publishing Co., 1995

2) B.L. Iverson & S. A. Iverson, Student Study Guide and Problems Book for Oganic Chemistry, Vol. 2, Saunders College Publishing Co., 1995.

Supplemental Materials:

Syllabus - The course syllabus (this handout) contains the rules, expectations, and grading policy for the course. Keep this document and refer to it as needed throughout the semester. Copies will be available in the chemistry library and on the course website. Minor changes may be announced in class during the semester.

Course Website - http://www.cem.msu.edu/cem252

The course website will contain course-related information, supplemental problems, animations, rotatable molecular models, tutorials, and select lecture notes. The course website will also be the Virtual Office Hours location - ask a question and receive the answer both by email and on the Virtual Office Hour page. Definately something to look into while studying over weekends and breaks when you need answers to your questions. Expect answers within about 24 hours (much faster in some cases). These materials are NOT meant to replace traditional learning mechanisms, you should still read the book, do problems from the book, visit your instructors with questions, and attend lecture.

Molecular Models - Models are very helpful for visualizing and understanding three-dimensional shapes and the stereoselectivity of reactions. Models are available in the chemistry library or may be purchased from the bookstore. Models may not be used during examinations.

Course Content:

Monday	Wednesday	Friday
	1/8 - course information	1/10 - Chaper 12
1/13 - Functional Grps./Chap.13	1/15 - Chapter 13	1/17 - Chapter 14
1/20 - Chapter 14	1/22 - Chapter 22	1/24 - Chapter 22
1/27 - Chapter 22	1/29 - Toxicity/Forensics	1/31 - Chapter 24
2/3- Exam 1(Ch.12-14,22)/Posters	2/5 - Chapter 24	2/7 - Chapter 24
2/10 - Chapter 25	2/12 - Chapter 25	2/14 - Chapter 17
2/17 - Chapter 17	2/19 - Chapter 17	2/21 - Chapter 17/21
2/24 - Chapter 21	2/26 - Chapter 21	2/28 - Chapter 21
3/3 - Spring Break	3/5 - Spring Break	3/7 - Spring Break
3/10-Exam 2(Ch. 24,25,17,21)	3/12 - Chapter 18	3/14 - Chapter 18
3/17 - Chapter 18	3/19 - Chapter 18	3/21 - Chapter 18/19
3/31 - Chapter 19/20	4/2 - Chapter 19/20	4/4 - Chapter 19/20
4/7 - Chapter 19/20	4/9 - Chapter 19/20	4/11 - Chapter 19/20
4/14 - Review	4/16 -Exam 3 (Ch.18,19, 20)	4/18 - Chapter 23
4/21 - Chapter 23	4/23 - Chapter 23	4/25 - Review
4/28 -Final Exam 5:45-7:45 PM

Examinations and Grading:

There will be three 50-minute examinations given during the lecture period on the dates indicated. These will count 100 points each. The lowest hour exam grade will be dropped in calculating the total course points. The final examination is two hours in length and will count 200 points. An alternative option: You may choose to complete the group project instead of taking the first hour exam. The deadline for making this selection is January 13th. See the handout describing the group project for more details.

The total points and their relationship to the final grade will be determined as follows:

You must take all examinations in the section for which you have enrolled.

Two best hour examinations = 200 points

Final examination = 200 points

Total = 400 points

Points	Percentage	Grade
345 - 400	86.0 - 100%	4.0
320 - 344	80.0 - 86.0%	3.5
288 - 319	72.0 - 80.0%	3.0
256 - 287	64.0 - 72.0%	2.5
220 - 255	55.0 - 64.0%	2.0
190 - 219	47.5 - 55.0%	1.5
160 - 189	40.0 - 47.5%	1.0

Missed Exams:

No makeup exams will be given. If you miss an hourly examination because of illness or other acceptable reason, provide the lecturer with a written and signed description of the situation at the beginning of the next lecture period. If the excuse is acceptable, your course grade (400 points) may be based on 300 points for the final examination and 100 points for the hour exam.

Regrading of Exams:

Hourly exams will be returned only during a regularly scheduled recitation meeting following the exam. Any regrading requests must be made at that time to the recitation instructor by means of a note attached to the exam. No exam which has left the recitation room in possession of the student or which has been modified after the examination in any way will be considered for regrading. The entire exam will be gone over when a request for regrading is made. The deadline for submission of regrade requests is two recitation periods following the date the exam was administered.

Reading and Problem Assignments

Chapter	Subject	Problems
Chapter 12 (also 15.4 A)	Mass Spectrometry	12.1; 12.2; 12.7; 12.8. 12.11; 12.13 (1,2-dichloroethane) 12.14, 12.16, 12.17, 12.18, 12.21, 15.16. 13.26; 13.27; 13.29; 15.15.
Chapter 13	NMR Spectroscopy (also 15.4B)	13.2; 13.4; 13.5; 13.6, 13.8; 13.9, 13.10; 13.16; 13.24; 13.26; 13.27; 13.29; 15.15.
Chapter 14	Infrared & UV-Visible Spectroscopy (also 15.4 C,D)	14.2; 14.4; 14.8, 14.9; 14.10; 14.12; 14.19; 14.20;15.17; 15.19.
Ch. 17,19,20 & 22	Additional Spectroscopy Sections 17.4; 19.5; 20.2 and 22.5	17.14; 17.17-18; 19.12; 19.13(b-g); 20.20; 20.22(c,d,f); 22.18-20; 22.22.
Chapter 22	Amines (Omit 22.9 E,F,I & 22.13)	22.3; 22.5; 22.6; 22.11; 22.12; 22.13; 22.15(a-d); 22.16(a,d-f); 22.17(a); 22.23; 22.25; 22.31(b-d; 22.46(a-c); 22.49.
Chapter 24	Aminoacids & Proteins	24.1; 24.2; 24.3;24.4; 24.5; 24.6; 24.7; 24.8; 24.11; 24.13; 24.15; 24.16; 24.17; 24.18; 24.19a-b; 24.21; 24.24; 24.27; 24.28; 24.31; 24.35; 24.36; 24.37; 24.39.
Chapter 25	Nucleic Acids	25.1; 25.2; 25.3; 25.5; 25.6; 25.7c; 25.8; 25.10; 25.12; 25.13.
Chapter 17	Aldehydes	17.1-28; 17.30-31; 17.33; 17.35-37; 17.39; 17.41; 17.44-47; 17.49; 17.51; 17.53-56; 17.58-60.
Chapter 21	Ketones	21.1-11; 21.14; 21.17; 21.19-21; 21.24-26; 21.28; 21.32.
Chapter 18	Carbohydrates	18.1-10; 18.12; 18.14; 18.17-18; 18.20; 18.22; 18.24; 18.26-27; 18.30; 18.35-38; 18.41; 18.43; 18.45.
Chapter 19	Carboxylic Acids	19.1-5; 19.7; 19.8; 19.14; 19.15(b-d); 19.16; 19.18; 19.21(a,d,f,g);19.25(a,b,e,f); 19.27-28.
Chapter 20	Functional Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids	20.1; 20.2; 20.5-7; 20.9; 20.10(a-c); 20.11; 20.13; 20.23-28; 20.38-39; 20.48; 20.50.
Chapter 23	Lipids	23.1-2; 23.4a; 23.7-11; 23.13; 23.15; 23.18-20.

Recitations:

Recitations begin January 13, 1997. These periods will be devoted to answering questions, assisting students in problem solving, and returning hourly examinations. Since course records are kept by your recitation instructor, it is critical that you know the recitation instructor's name and your recitation section number by the time of the first examination. For extra help, you may see an instructor during scheduled office hours.

Office hours for recitation instructors will be announced separately. Please do not enter graduate labs at other times since dangerous chemicals are always present and potentially dangerous experiments may be in progress.

Policy on Cheating:

In order to discourage cheating, the instructor may make copies of some pages of some exams. Any student caught cheating will receive a grade of 0.0 for the course. In addition, a letter describing the incident will be sent to the chairperson of the chemistry department and to the dean of the student's college.

Handouts:

At various times, handouts with additional homework problem assignments, announcements, etc. will be available at the back of the lecture hall as you enter. Please take only one copy. If you miss obtaining a handout at lecture, extra copies will be available all term in a wall cabinet on the fifth floor of the Chemistry Building, facing you as you emerge from the elevator.

Study Hints:

1. Organic chemistry in many ways resembles a new language for you, and you cannot avoid quite a bit of memorizing (vocabulary).

2. To do well, you have to do a lot of writing - write formulas, write equations, write, write, write so that you can dash off complex structures quickly. You cannot learn organic chemistry just by reading about it; it won't stick that way.

3. The best way to do well is to work problems, as many as you possibly can. You may consult other chemistry texts in the library and the WWW page for additional problems.

4. Attendance at lectures is not required, but experience shows that most people who do not attend regularly will not do well. Remember, you have paid more for each lecture than you would for a two-hour movie, so don't throw your money away. We will do our best to make the lectures and recitations useful to you.

5. Organic chemistry is a cumulative subject. If you get behind at the beginning, you will get hopelessly lost because every new topic depends on what went before it. So keep up to date; don't get behind.

6. We'll do all we can to help you, but we can't do it for you; plan on a minimum of 10 hours/week for study outside of class.



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