TEXTS

1. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 5th ed., T.W. Graham Solomons
2. The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual, 5th ed., Zubrick
(Recommended) Study Guide to Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 5th ed., Solomons

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

1. Bound notebook for laboratory
2. Safety goggles as required by Department
3. Protective gloves

COURSE STRUCTURE

Daily effort through reading and problem solving is essential to success in this course. Specific assignments following the enclosed Class Schedule will be given daily. It is expected that the assignment will be completed before the next lecture. Homework will not be collected; however, in order to provide continuing motivation, each lecture will begin with a brief quiz based upon the previous assignment. Self-evaluation of homework will be possible through the use of the Study Guide.

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION

Two Opportunities will be offered on the dates listed in the enclosed Class Schedule. Make-up opportunities are not available. Two low quiz scores will be dropped when computing the final quiz grade. Make-up quizzes are not available.

Laboratory work will be assessed in the following way. A student is expected to attend all labs (or make-up assignment if missed through excusable absence), properly utilize a laboratory notebook (which will be subject to examination without notice), show evidence of preparation for lab (through lab quizzes, flowcharts, etc.), and strictly adhere to all chemical hygiene rules. It is usually very difficult to make up missed labs, thus it is essential that attendance be very faithful. The lab grade will be decreased by 10% for each nonperformance of the expected standards. After a one time grace period (no penalty), upon violation of a chemical hygiene rule, the student will be asked to leave the lab for the remainder of the class period. This will result in two reductions to the lab grade (chemical hygiene violation, nonexcused absence).

Laboratory notebooks will be critiqued by self-evaluation, peer-evaluation (neither of which will affect the lab grade) and discussion with the professor which will affect the lab grade. Additionally, during the last laboratory session, a laboratory exam will be administered. The lab grade will be determined as follows:

          0% - Self-evaluation, Peer-evaluation
          67% - Professor's evaluation
          33% - Laboratory examination

Overall grades will be computed as follows:

          20% - Opportunity #1
          20% - Opportunity #2 (ACS standardized final examination)
          35% - Quizzes (drop 2 low scores)
          25% - Laboratory

Both lecture and laboratory must have passing grades in order for a passing grade in the course.

Please note: The summer course in organic chemistry is an accelarated class which covers the same material as the normal fall/spring curriculum. This class is an equivalent time commitment to a full-time job. Between lecture, laboratory, reading and homework problems you should plan to spend about 40 hours per week working on this class. If you are not able to make this significant time commitment your final result is likely to be very poor. Please make time to allow for success.

Tentative Class Schedule
Date	Chapter	Topic
W, June 27	10	Alcohols & Ethers
F, June 29	11	Oxidation & Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds
		The Grignard Reaction
M, July 2	12	Resonance - Conjugation - Delocalization - Stability
W, July 4	---	INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY!
Th, July 5	14	Aromaticity
9am-noon All students
F, July 6	15	Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution (EAS)
M, July 9	15	EAS: Conclusion; Side-chain reactions
W, July 11	---	* * * OPPORTUNITY #1 * * *
	16	After Opportunity: Aldehydes and Ketones: Synthesis; Nucleophilic addition
F, July 13	16	Aldehydes and ketones: Wittig reaction; Ammonia addition compounds
M, July 16	17	Enolate Chemistry: Introduction to aldol reaction
W, July 18	17	Enolate Chemistry: Modifications to the simple aldol reaction
F, July 20	18	Carboxylic acids and their derivatives (introduction)
M, July 23	18 & 19	Carboxylic acids and their derivatives (conclusion)
		Acetoacetic ester synthesis; Malonic ester synthesis
W, July 25	20 & 21	Amines (selected topics); Phenols
F, July 27	---	Catch-up; Review; Special topics
Tu, July 31	---	* * * OPPORTUNITY #2 * * *
9am-11am All students

Note: Laboratory is preceeded by a mandatory pre-lab lecture. Chapters below refer to reading required from "The Organic Chem Lab Survival Manual" before arriving on the lab day. References to "text" refer to the Solomons book. All handouts must be read before arriving on the lab day. Unannounced lab quizzes may be administered. These quizzes will be graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Passing scores will not affect the final lab grade. Each failing score will reduce the final lab grade by 1/3 of a letter grade.

Meeting	Chapter	Topic
June 28	handout	New Students ONLY:
9am-noon		Introduction to Organic Laboratory
ALL NEW		Check-in to lockers
students
July 3	handout pp. 61-62, ch. 9, 10, 22, 23	Grignard synthesis of triphenylmethanol
July 5	---	See Lecture Schedule - All students 9am-noon
July 10	Soap handout IR handout ch. 33, text ch. 13B	Preparation of soap: Large-scale organic synthesis Infrared spectroscopy
July 12	ch. 34, text ch. 13C	NMR Spectroscopy (lecture)
July 17	handout	Preparation of p-nitroaniline
July 19	handout	Purification of p-nitroaniline
July 24	handout	Identification of unknown aldehyde or ketone
July 26	handout	Identification of unknown aldehyde or ketone (continued)
July 30	---	Laboratory Exam, Check-Out
Monday