(1907.200 and 1907.201)
Course Description: These courses study the chemistry of carbon compounds and their properties, structures and reactions. It emphasizes the study of the principle classes of aliphatic and aromatic compounds, which in conjunction with selected experiments, gives an understanding of the mechanisms of organic reactions.
Discussion is 75 minutes twice per week or 50 minutes three times per week and lab is 2 hours 50 minutes once per week. The summer schedule uses the same total time but spread over 5 weeks for each course with meetings 4 hours each day for 4 days per week.
Course Goals
At the end of the course each student should be able to:
1. discuss the bonding properties of carbon which cause it to be present in such a large number and variety of important compounds.
2. appreciate the use of theories (models) of varying complexity to rationalize chemical structure and reactivity.
3. explain the relationship between structure and physical and chemical properties and to make predictions concerning these properties.
4. explain several ways in which the vast amount of information in the field of organic chemistry may be organized.
5. think creatively about synthesis (of ideas as well as compounds).
6. explain the important role of organic chemistry in life, both biological and economical.
7. attack problems in a systematic, logical manner.
8. explain the relationship of chemistry in general and organic in specific to the rest of science.
Course Content
I. Chemical Bonding and Structure
II. Alkanes
III. Acids and bases
IV. Introduction to alkenes
V. Addition reactions of alkenes
VI. Introduction to stereochemistry
VII. Cyclic compounds. Stereochemistry of reactions.
VIII. Introduction to alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, thiols and sulfides
IX. Chemistry of alkyl halides
X. Chemistry of alcohols, glycols and thiols
XI. Chemistry of ethers, epoxides and sulfides
XII. Infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
XIII. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
XIV. Chemistry of alkynes
XV. Dienes, resonance and aromaticity
XVI. Chemistry of benzene and its derivatives
XVII. Allylic and benzylic reactivity
XVIII. Chemistry of aryl halides, vinylic halides and phenols
XIX. Chemistry of aldehydes and ketones
XX. Chemistry of carboxylic acids
XXI. Chemistry of carboxylic acid derivatives
XXII. Chemistry of enolate ions, enols and unsaturated carbonyl compounds
XXIII. Chemistry of amines
XXIV. Carbohydrates
XXV. Amino acids
Experiments
Recrystallization
Distillation
Chemically active extraction
Thin layer chromatography
Substitution
Elimination
Polymerization
Infrared spectroscopy
Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry
Index of refraction
Gas chromatography
Electrophilic aromatic substitution
Reduction/oxidation
Esterification
Aldol/Claisen condensation
Grignard reaction
Diels-Alder reaction
Unknown identification
Texts: Organic Chemistry, 5th edition by Francis Carey, 2003, McGraw Hill.
Updated 11/16/04
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