- 25 classes are planned for Fall 2019. M and T classes (‘MT’ in the schedule) cover the same material. Likewise, W/Th classes (‘WR’ in the schedule) cover the same material.
- Week 1: Monday = Labor Day so no lectures MT 9/2-3, no lab lecture M 9/2. Labs will meet the rest of Week 1, Tu-F, 9/3-6.
- Fall Break: no classes or labs M-F 10/21-25
- Thanksgiving: no lectures WR 11/27-28
- no lecture W 12/11 (Friday classes meet)
- If you miss your lecture, you may attend the other session. Notify the instructor.
- If you miss your quiz day, notify the lecture instructor (Alan) immediately. You may not attend the other section on a quiz day without prior consultation with instructor.
- If you miss a lab day, notify the lab instructor (Alicia) immediately. You may not attend other lab sections without the lab instructor’s permission.
- 201 covers Sorrell (textbook) Ch. 1-14 plus some material not found in the textbook. Ch. 1-13 are covered in class according to the schedule listed below, roughly one chapter per week (2 classes). Ch. 14 and material not found in the textbook (the latter includes molecular and electronic structure models, and intermolecular forces and related ‘nonbonded’ interactions) will be covered during lab periods and lab lectures. Lecture-only students should plan to attend the relevant lab sessions to learn this additional material (consult the instructor for the schedule).
- Five quizzes will be given during scheduled classes. Each quiz will last somewhere between 20-35 minutes and will be given at the start of class. The remainder of the class period will be used to cover new material. See Exams for more info.
Class Schedule 2019
Day 1. WR, Sept 4/5, Sorrell 1.1, 1.2, 1.4a (CHn & C labels only), Supplement
Chem 201 – syllabus | Team learning in Chem 201 | Activity #0 – Form teams | SII reflection (team work)
Learning activity #1 – Bond patterns & structural formulas | answers
Day 2. MT, Sept 9/10, Sorrell 1.3-1.5, Supplement
Learning activity #2A – Constitutional isomers, degrees of unsaturation (DU) | answers
Learning activity #2B – organic nomenclature | answers
Day 3. WR, Sept 11/12, Sorrell 2.1, 2.2b, 2.5 (p. 51-3 only), Supplement | Challenge | answers
Learning activity #3A – Lewis structures | answers
Learning activity #3B – VSEPR, bond distances & orders | answers
Day 4. MT, Sept 16/17, Sorrell 2.2, 2.3, 2.7, Supplement | Challenge | answers
Learning activity #4 – Resonance, electron-pushing, & polar bonds | answers | SII reflection (preparing for quiz)
Day 5. WR, Sept 18/19, Quiz #1 (classes 1-4), Sorrell 2.4-2.7, Supplement
Slides with notes (download PDF file to your computer; click on pop-up balloons in lower left corner) – Hybrid orbitals and the Valence Bond (VB) or Overlapping Orbital bonding model
Day 6. MT, Sept 23/24, Sorrell 3.1, Supplement | Challenge | answers
Learning activity #6 – Alkane conformation | answers
Day 7. WR, Sept 25/26, Sorrell 3.2-3.4, Supplement | Challenge | answers
Learning activity #7 – Cycloalkanes | answers | SII reflection (removing study obstacles)
Day 8. MT Sept 30/Oct 1, Sorrell 4.1, 4.2af, Supplement | Challenge | answers
Learning activity #8 – Alkene E/Z and cis/trans stereoisomers (CIP rules), chirality | answers
Day 9. WR, Oct 2/3, Sorrell 4.2b-e, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, Supplement
CIP Review (Day 8-9 Bridge) | answers
Learning activity #9 – R/S configuration, enantiomers & diastereomers, Fischer projections | answers
Day 10. MT, Oct 7/8, Sorrell 5.1, 5.2abe, Supplement, pKa table
Learning activity #10 – Bronsted-Lowry acids-bases, acid/base strength, acid-base equilibria, ionization state | answers
@Home: classifying chemical reactions
Day 11. WR, Oct 9/10, Quiz #2 (classes 5-9), Sorrell 5.2cdfg, 5.3-5.5, Supplement
Lecture slides | Reading electrostatic potential maps + Factors affecting Bronsted-Lowry acid/base strength
Day 12. MT, Oct 14/15, Sorrell 6.1, 6.3, Supplement, Sorrell’s Reactivity Trends
before class (Day 12) | answers
Lecture slides | Factors affecting Bronsted-Lowry acid-base strength (cont’d) + Reaction rate laws and Reaction energy diagrams
Learning activity #12 – One-step (SN2) nucleophilic substitution reactions of alkyl halides (RX) | answers
Day 13. WR, Oct 16/17, Sorrell 6.2, 6.4, Supplement
Lecture slides | Lewis acids & bases + Steric repulsion in SN2 transition state (models) + Rate laws for 2-step reactions
Learning activity #13 – Two-step (SN1) nucleophilic substitution reactions of alkyl halides (RX) | answers
Fall Break
Day 14. MT, Oct 28/29, Sorrell 7.1, 7.3a, Supplement + Learning to Solve Predict-Plan-Explain Problems (2 documents)
Lecture slides | Solvents: Polar Protic vs. Polar Aprotic + Carbocations: Methyl Groups are EDG (electron-donating groups)
Learning activity #14 – Nucleophilic substitution reactions of alcohols (ROH -> RNu) & thiols (RSH + R’Lg -> RSR’) | answers
Day 15. WR, Oct 30/31, Sorrell 7.2, 7.3b, 7.4, Supplement
Learning activity #15 – Nucleophilic substitution reactions of ethers (ROR’), epoxides, and thioethers (RSR’) | answers
Day 16. MT, Nov 4/5, Quiz #3 (classes 10-14), Sorrell 8.1, 8.3b, Supplement (covers Days 16+17)
Learning activity #16 (Part A) – Two-step (E1) elimination reactions, SN1 v E1 for alcohols | answers (Part A) + answers (Part B)
Day 17. WR, Nov 6/7, Sorrell 8.2, 8.3ac, 8.4
Learning activity #17 (Part A) – One-step (E2) elimination reactions, SN1 v SN2 v E2 v E1 for RLg | answers (Part A) + answers (Part B)
Day 18. MT, Nov 11/12, Sorrell 9.1, 9.5, Supplement (covers Days 18 + 19)
Alkene protonation + Hammond Postulate models | answers
Lecture slide | Reagents appearing in Day 18 activity
Learning activity #18A – Electrophilic addition to alkenes I. Strong acid (H+) electrophiles | answers
Learning activity #18B – Electrophilic addition to alkenes II. Halogen (X2) and carbene (:CZ2) electrophiles | answers
Day 19. WR, Nov 13/14, Sorrell 9.4, 9.2, 9.3 (optional), Supplement
‘After class’ exercises | answers
Learning activity #19A – Electrophilic addition to alkenes III. Boron electrophiles (hydroboration) | answers
Learning activity #19B – Electrophilic addition to alkynes | answers
Day 20. MT, Nov 18/19, Sorrell 10.3, 10.4, Supplement
Learning activity #20A – Electrophilic addition reactions of conjugated dienes | answers
Learning activity #20B – Diels-Alder cycloaddition reactions of conjugated dienes | Diels-Alder animation (ChemTube3D) | answers
Day 21. WR, Nov 20/21, Quiz #4 (classes 15-19), Sorrell 12.1, 12.4, Supplement
Learning activity #21 | Free radical reactions of alkanes & alkenes | answers
‘After class’ models | answers
before class (Day 22) models | answers
Day 22. MT, Nov 25/26, Sorrell 11.1, 11.2, 11.3abc, Supplement (covers Days 22 & 23 – color coded)
Learning activity #22 | Organic redox reactions, part 1 | answers
Thanksgiving Break
Day 23. MT, Dec 2/3, Sorrell 11.3de, 11.4, 11.5 (optional), Supplement (covers Days 22 & 23 – color coded)
Learning activity #23 | Organic redox reactions, part 2 | answers
Synthetic Planning. This section describes a special type of “predict-plan” problem in which several reactions must be arranged in a certain order so that a specified starting material (or type of starting material) will yield a specified product.
Day 24. WR, Dec 4/5, Sorrell (IR) 14.3, (1H NMR) 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, (13C NMR) 13.5, 13.6, Supplement
Lecture slides | Highlights from spectroscopy lectures previously delivered during lab lectures (read pop-up notes for comments)
Day 25. MT, Dec 9/10, Quiz #5 (classes 20-24), Sorrell 10.2abcd, Supplement
Extra MO images (HF, CH4, propene)
MO practice problems (answers embedded in PDF as pop-ups)
M, Dec 16, 1-4 PM, FINAL EXAM, Vollum Lecture Hall (classes 1-25 + IR/NMR + phenomena/theories explored in lab) (bring your models)
2013/4 leftovers below. Please ignore.
2014 Lab Day. TWFM, Sept 2/3/5/8, ROCO electron density
Odyssey, Molecular Labs 21, 27, 29
2013 Lab, Sep 10-12, Sorrell 2.8
Molecular modeling activity #1 – Building & sketching models with Spartan ’14
2013 Lab, Sep 17-20, Sorrell 2.8
Molecular modeling activity #2 – Electrostatic potential maps, intermolecular interactions, hydrogen bonding
2013 Lab, Sep 23-26, Sorrell 2.8
Molecular modeling activity #3 – Atomic orbitals, molecular orbitals, electron density, HOMO-LUMO energy gaps, Charge delocalization in resonance hybrids
2013 Lab, Nov 3-9, Sorrell 13.1-13.4
1H NMR activity – Chemical equivalence, chemical shifts, integration ratios, coupling patterns | answers | Principles of IR lab lecture | Principles of NMR lab lecture | Spinworks manual