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Nov 13, 2024
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CHE 2010 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
credits: 3.0
First in the two part series of Organic Chemistry courses, this is an introduction to the chemistry of compounds containing carbon and hydrogen. Atomic orbitals and hybridization are reviewed. Classification of various groups of organic compounds, naming schemes, their preparation, and physical and chemical properties are discussed. Reactions are discussed in detail, including mechanisms and energetic considerations. NMR spectroscopy is introduced as well as chirality, optical activity, and stereoisomerism. Synthesis schemes are introduced and in the laboratory various techniques for syntheses and purification of chemicals are practiced. Course Goals: To recognize and identify functional groups, to recall and to apply certain common reactions of organic compounds, to relate structures to physical and chemical properties, to name, by the IUPAC and common systems, certain simple compounds, to design synthetic pathways to selected organic compounds using starting materials, to predict reactions under specific conditions based on currently accepted mechanisms, to acquire proficiency in the purification techniques used in organic chemistry, to recognize and apply the principles upon which these purification techniques are based, to identify organic compounds, and to classify stereoisomers. Objectives: A) Apply concepts including, but not limited to, stereochemistry, molecular orbital theory, reaction design; B) identify and construct protecting group reaction schemes; C) Create and evaluate retrosynthetic analyses; D) Identify and name organic structures. (Nomenclature); E) Employ basic mathematical concepts to solve chemical problems. Method of Instruction: The course will be primarily taught through online lectures and classroom discussion and problem solving. The course will follow the required textbook and will be partially supplemented by handouts and web references. Students will be given homework sets along with in-class tests and quizzes. There will be review sessions available outside of the normal class time at the student’s request and the instructor’s discretion. Students will be able to have one-on-one review-study sessions with the instructor during office hours by appointment. Method of Evaluation: Tests (400 pts), Final (Cumulative 200 pts), Homework (150 pts.), and Quizzes (150 pts.).
Prerequisite(s): CHE 1505 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and CHE 2011 - PROBLM SOLVING ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I is not a requirement in order to take Organic Chem I (CHE 2010).
Co-Requisite(s): MUST BE TAKEN WITH A CHE 2010L LAB.
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