Chemistry 211 (Sect. 2141) Schedule - Spring 2014

Lecture and Laboratory Schedule

Date	Monday Lecture	Wednesday Lecture	Monday Lab	Wednesday Lab
Jan 13-15	Course Introduction	Review; 12.17-12.22	Chem210 Review	VSEPR/Models
20-22	No Class - Holiday	14.1-14.8	No Class - Holiday	ChemDraw
27-29	14.9-14.13	15.1-15.6	ChemDraw Quiz	Exp I
Feb 3-5	15.7-15.12	16.1-16.7	Exp II	Exp II
10-12	16.8-16.18; Review	Exam I (14-16)	Exp II	Exp III
17-19	No Class - Holiday	17.1-17.8	No Class - Holiday	Exp III
24-26	17.9-17.16	18.1-18.7	Exp III	Exp IV
Mar 3-5	18.8-18.16	Exam II (17-18)	Exp IV	Lab Exam I
10-12	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break	Spring Break
17-19	19.1-19.10	19.11-19.19	Exp V	Exp V
24-26	20.1-20.4	20.5-20.9	Exp VI	Exp VI
31-Apr 2	20.10-20.14	21.1-21.8	Exp VII	Exp VII
7-9	21.9-21.16	Exam III (19-21)	Exp VIII	Exp VIII
14-16	23.1-23.7	23.8-23.13	Exp IX	Exp IX
21-23	23.14-23.20; 23.24	24.1-24.11	Exp X	Exp X
28-30	25.1-25.7	25.17-25.23	Exp X	Exp X
May 5-7	26.1-26.8	26.10-26.17	Finish Exp X	Lab Final Exam
May 12	Exam IV (23-26)		Lab check out
May 14	Final Exam - Wednesday, May 14 at 10:30 a.m. in OC3609
Lecture, lab and exam schedule subject to change during the semester

Text: Organic Chemistry (8th Edition) - Francis Carey & Robert Giuliano
Study Guide: Organic Chemistry (8th Edition) - Atkins and Carey
Lab Guide: The Organic Chem Lab Survival Guide (any Edition) - James W. Zubrick

No.	Chapter Title	No.	Chapter Title	No.	Chapter Title
14	Organometallic Compounds	18	Carboxylic Acids	23	Carbohydrates
15	Alcohols, Diols, and Thiols	19	Carboxylic Acid Derivatives	24	Lipids
16	Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides	20	Enols and Enolates	25	Amino Acids
17	Aldehydes and Ketones	21	Amines	26	Nucleic Acids

 

 

Chemistry 211 Laboratory Schedule - Experiments Subject to Change

Date	Experiment (Print Your Experimental Protocols From Online)	Exp. No.
Jan 13	Introduction to Lab -- Lab Check-in	---
15	VSEPR and Molecular Models Quiz	VSEPR
20	No Class - Holiday	---
22	ChemDraw and Chem3D	ChemDraw
27	ChemDraw and Chem3D (Individual Quiz)	ChemDraw
29	Electrophilic aromatic substitution: Friedel-Crafts alkylation	Exp I
Feb 3, 5, 10	Grignard Synthesis: Synthesis of Benzoic Acid and of Triphenylmethanol	Exp II
12, 19, 24	Hydrolysis of Methyl Salicylate and Synthesis of Acetyl Salicylic Acid	Exp III
26, Mar 3	Williamson Ether Synthesis	Exp IV
5	Lab Midterm Exam (ChemDraw, Chem3D, Exp's I, II, III, IV)	---
10, 12	Spring Break - No Classes	---
17, 19	Aldol Condensation	Exp V
24, 26	Aromatic Side-Chain Oxidation: o-Chlorobenzoic Acid from o-Chlorotoluene	Exp VI
31, Apr 2	Amide Synthesis: Preparation of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide	Exp VII
7, 9	Diazonium Coupling Reactions	Exp VIII
14, 16	Reduction of a Nitro Group: Preparation of m-aminoacetophenone	Exp IX
21-May 5 (5 lab days)	Multi-step Synthesis -- Coenzyme catalyzed synthesis of benzoin and compounds	Exp X
7	Lab Final Exam (Exp's V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X and anything covered in lab)	---
May 12	Lab check out	---
Lab experiments and schedule subject to change during the semester

Miscellaneous Information:

Special Needs: A student with a verified disability may be entitled to appropriate academic accommodations.  Please contact your instructor and/or the Disabled Students Program & Services Office at (760)795-6658, or the office of the ADA Coordinator at (760)795-6866.   Some lead time will be necessary, so please make arrangements as early as possible, preferably during the first two weeks of classes.

Office Hours:  Office hours are 3:30-4:30 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday in OC4502 (get to my office by going through outside door into OC4505).  Please come in if you have questions about the class lecture, laboratory, anything related to chemistry or just to chat.  You can come in unannounced during my regular office hours (if the door to OC4505 is locked, just knock).  I will be available at other times, but you will need to make an appointment.

Chemistry 211 is the second semester of a two-semester organic chemistry course for science majors. The lab consists of experiments designed to teach you standard organic chemistry procedures and reactions.  You are expected to read the assigned material prior to attending lecture and filling in your laboratory notebook prior to coming to lab.

Student Learning Outcomes: As part of the ongoing program here at MiraCosta College, Student Learning Outcomes is something that we include in every class being taught.  These outcomes are designed to measure several different key components of the course that every student is expected to master during that course.  For this second semester organic chemistry class, the outcomes we will be assessing are:

1. Students will analyze the structure of a series of organic compounds to explain how their three dimensional geometries influence their rates of reaction.
2. Students will use their knowledge on carbohydrates, mutarotation and Haworth projections to explain why the concentration of one anomer is greater the other another in an aqueous solution.
3. Students will use given pK_a values of different chemicals as well as their knowledge of structure and resonance concepts to explain what factors determine the strength of an acid.

Homework Problems: In order to receive credit for homework, you must solve, and show the correct solutions on paper, of at least eight problems from each chapter or other homework problems. These can be in-text problems, end-of-chapter problems, online homework problems in their entirety, or by solving the problems on the online sample exams. . You choose which problems to solve, but in order to receive credit for doing homework, at least eight problems must be solved for each chapter. To achieve the best understanding of concepts, you should solve some of the problems from each section, or at the end of the chapter, to cover important concepts. If you don't understand the concepts thoroughly by solving at least eight problems, you should continue to solve more problems until you have a thorough understanding of the concepts being covered in the different sections of the text.  You can solve problems alone, with a friend, with a group of friends, or by attending the SI (Supplemental Instruction and Drop-In Tutoring) help sessions for this class.  Remember, there are no specific problems that must be solved, but a broad scattering of problems in the text or at the end of the chapter should be attempted.  Credit will be given for doing the homework, but problems are not graded for correctness. Credit for doing homework will be given only if the homework is handed in on time.  Homework for a particular chapter will be due during the lab period on the day after the lecture for a particular chapter was finished, according to the schedule found in the syllabus.

Lab Attendance: You need to print your Chem211 Experimental Protocol  for each experiment from the Internet prior to coming to lab (you cannot use the lab printer). Please read the protocol before coming to lab.  Chemistry is an experimental science and lab attendance is mandatory.  The laboratory section (doing the experiments, handing in a copy of experiment from your lab notebook, writing formal lab reports on appropriate experiments, and the lab exams) must be passed in order to pass the course. If you miss two or more labs, you are subject to dismissal from the class. You need to hand in your completed lab notebook (or a copy when you use the duplicate-page notebooks) for every experiment to receive credit for that experiment.  Prepare your notebook before coming to class and fill in data as you perform the experiment.  Do not take notes and then transfer data to your lab notebook later.  Lab notebooks are due one week after the experiment was completed based on the syllabus. Lab reports turned in late will be deducted 20% if turned in within one week of when they were due.  Lab reports turned in after this date will be deducted 50% as a late penalty. Formal written lab reports are due on the same schedule as your lab notebook, and if turned in late (but within one week of due date) will receive a 10% deduction, and if turned in late after the first week, but before the end of the second week will receive a 20% deduction (within two weeks after the lab was completed, according to the syllabus). Format for your Laboratory Notebooks and the Formal Written Lab Reports is online.

Additional Lab Information:

1. Chemical splash goggles must be worn whenever anyone in the lab is working with chemicals. If you don’t have goggles with you and cannot borrow a pair you have two options–go to the bookstore and buy a pair or don’t do the lab that day.
2. All students must sign a copy of the Lab Safety Rules before being allowed to work in the lab.
3. Come to lab prepared with chemical splash goggles (these can be stored in your locker), lab book (or handout), pen or pencil and calculator. Lab experiments must be read and understood before lab.
4. Any Pre-Laboratory Questions must be solved prior to coming to lab.
5. You will often work with another person, who will be your lab partner. Experiments that are done in pairs will be done with that person. Some experiments may be done solo.
6. There will be no makeup labs. If you miss a lab, it will be the one dropped. If you miss more than one lab, you will forfeit those points.
7. Students who are absent for more than two lab experiments during the semester may be dropped from the course or be assigned a failing grade.
8. During the lab you will record all data and observations directly in your lab notebook.  Your instructor may request to view your notebook or data collection prior to leaving lab.
9. Each week’s lab and lab report is worth a total of twenty (20) points. The minimum score for attending lab, collecting and recording data is ten (10) points.  You are also graded on the neatness and organization of your lab notebook.
   
   • Lab notebooks are turned in for each experiment. They should be done in ink. Please show your calculations, with units, to get full credit. Lab notebooks will usually be due one week after the experiment was completed (using the syllabus as the schedule) for that particular experiment. A laboratory notebook handed in within one week later than due date, will be assessed a 20% penalty.  Notebooks handed in after that one-week grace period will receive only credit for doing the experiment (50% point reduction).
   • You cannot write your lab reports or notebook with your lab partner.  You must show the data that you personally collected. Do not share your actual data and observations with anyone other than your lab partner, unless you also want to share (split) your score. Both the sharer and the sharee will be penalized.
   • Write your lab partner’s name under yours in the lab notebook.  Your partner is the person with whom you actually performed the experiment that day.
   • Some of the experiments include post-lab questions. Please answer these questions and turn them in with your laboratory notebook.  They may be worth up to ten points. Most points on lab notebooks are lost as a result of missing or incomplete information, including not using the correct format, which includes the Results and Discussion section and a Conclusions section.  More information about laboratory notebooks can be found online for Laboratory Notebooks.
   • Laboratory reports are separate from the lab notebooks.  When you turn in a Lab Report, you also must turn in your Lab Notebook, as they are graded separately.  Information about Formal Written Lab Reports can be found online.

Cheating: You are expected to abide by the MiraCosta College Honor Code.  Cheating includes the copying or exchanging of information during exams or quizzes or plagiarism (copying another's work and turning it in as your own). If you are caught cheating you will be removed from class, disciplined by the Dean of Students and you may fail the course.

COURSE GRADING POLICY:

Grading Expections: As a general rule, exams, quizzes, lab notebooks, lab reports, etc. will be graded and returned within one week from the date turned in. Often, graded items will be returned the next class meeting day. Scores of graded items will be posted online, but online scores will only be updated every 2-3 weeks.

Exams (480 pts):  Four exams will be given, but only three of these exams will be counted towards your final grade. If you miss an exam, that will be the exam you drop.  Missed exams cannot be made up or taken at a different time (a missed exam due to medical emergency, or other legitimate causes, may be made up at the discretion of Dr. Robertson).  If you believe the exam is missed for a legitimate reason, please contact Dr. Robertson before the exam. Dr. Robertson will be the only judge of whether the exam can be made up. Exams will include material covered in lecture and there may be times when a specific question was not covered in class, but if you learn to apply what you know from lecture, the application of this knowledge to these questions will allow you to answer the exam questions successfully. If you have concerns about exam grades, please return it to me and I may re-grade it, but I have the option to re-grade the entire exam as well.

Quizzes (100 pts): Quizzes will be given usually during weeks that no exam is scheduled and may be unannounced.  Some of the quizzes will cover material recently discussed in lecture.  An additional set of quizzes covering organic molecules, nomenclature, and reactions will be given.  Information for these quizzes is available for study from the Online Organic Quiz Webpage [click to view]  information, and may be material not otherwise covered in lecture.  Quizzes cannot be taken early, late or made up.  At least one quiz will be dropped (in addition to the extra credit scores described above), and this will be the lowest score, or your missed quiz. 

Homework (20 pts): As indicated above, homework problems are not graded for accuracy, but you will be given credit for doing homework. In order to receive credit, homework must be turned in when it is due (homework is due the day after the lecture for a particular chapter was completed), based on the syllabus schedule (e.g., if the chapter is completed on a Monday, the homework is due at the beginning of the Wednesday lab).  Late homework will receive no credit.

Lab (200 pts):  You must pass the lab portion in order to pass the course. Your lab grade will depend on your preparedness, experimental techniques, laboratory safety, lab notebook (including any assigned problems), and written formal reports, You can drop one lab, but you cannot drop labs II or X (because these labs also require a formal written lab report).  Since labs cannot be made up, a missed lab will be the one that gets dropped.  If you miss other labs, you will forfeit the points for those labs (receive a zero grade).   Grading of your lab notebook and doing the experiments will be worth 60 points total (Lab Notebook Format is available online).  There will be a mid-term  lab exam (Lab Exam I) and final lab exam (Lab Exam II) covering experiments, techniques, chemical structures, and related information from the labs.  The lab exams together are worth 80 points total.  Three written formal lab reports, using approved format, will be graded.  Two of these reports must include Experiments II and X (hence these two labs cannot be dropped), and any other of the following Experiments: III, V, VI, VII or VIII.  These formal, written lab reports together will be worth a total of 60 points.  Format for the written reports is available online (pay particular attention to the required format, including proper grammar, verb tense, and layout). Please remember, that while you do your experiments with a lab partner, you are graded individually for your notebook grades and for your formal lab report grades. The notebook and formal lab reports are your own work, not combined with anyone else.