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Organic Chemistry Lecture & Lab Information
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Here are links to a variety of Organic Chemistry materials for both the lecture and the lab on Xavier's web site. To read the pdf files, some computers may require installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't have this software, you can download it at no cost from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html.

Organic Chemistry Lecture I, CHEM 2210 and CHEM 2210D:

  • Schedule for Organic Chemistry Tutoring for the fall of 2011.
  • The current semester's CHEM 2210/2210D Syllabus.
  • Keys to the second practice quizzes in the Organic Chemistry Student Manual, sixth edition:

 Quiz 1, pages 10-11

 Quiz 4, pages 59-60

 Quiz 7, pages 95-96

 Quiz 2, pages 24-25

 Quiz 5, page 68

 Quiz 8, page 110-111

 Quiz 3, pages 42-43

 Quiz 6, page 76

 Quiz 9, pages 125-126

Electrons, Bonds and Molecular Properties

Nomenclature

Chemical Reactivity, Mechanisms, and Substitution Reactions

Molecular Representations and IR (and IR Table)

Alkanes – Structure, Properties

Alkenes – Structure, Properties, Synthesis

 Resonance, Arrows, and Acid-Base Reactions

Stereochemistry

 Alkenes and Alkynes -- Reactions

 Practice Hour Exam 1A

 Practice Hour Exam 2A

 Free Radical Reactions

 Practice Hour Exam 1B

 Practice Hour Exam 2B

 Practice Final Exam

  • Keys to Practice Hour Exams, and a key to the Practice Final Exam, from the Organic Chemistry Student Manual, sixth edition.

Organic Chemistry Lecture II, CHEM 2220 and CHEM 2220D:

  • Schedule for Organic Chemistry Tutoring for the spring of 2012.
  • The current semester's CHEM 2220/2220D Syllabus.
  • Sample problems for the Reaction Review exercise for the second week of classes, with Key.
  • Keys to the second practice quizzes in the Organic Chemistry Student Manual, sixth edition:
Quiz 1, pages 165-166 (and Chemical Shifts) Quiz 5, pages 228-229 Quiz 8, pages 275-276
Quiz 2, pages 182-183 Quiz 6, pages 240-241 Quiz 9, pages 293-294
Quiz 3, pages 194-195 Quiz 7, pages 264-265 Biochemistry Quiz, page 304
Quiz 4, pages 212-213    

 

Organic Chemistry Lab I, CHEM 2230L:

  • Schedule for Organic Chemistry I Lab experiments
  • Here are the Lecture Notes and the Procedure for the new experiment on SN1 reactions.
  • The current semester's CHEM 2230L Syllabus
  • Chemicals which may be encountered during 2230L
  • Here is an example of a proper notebook write-up.
  • Here are copies of all the sections in Xavier's Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual, sixth edition (2006), that pertain to Chem 2230L. There are no page numbers, and page breaks and other formatting may not correspond with those in the printed version of the book.
 1 Course Policies   10 Infrared Spectroscopy
 2 The Laboratory Timetable 11 Fractional Distillation
 3 The Laboratory Notebook 12 Thin Layer and Column Chromatography
 5 Safety in the Chemical Laboratory   13 Extraction: Separation of Acidic Substances
 6 Determination of Melting Points  14 Extraction: Isolation of Caffeine from Tea
Stereochemistry and Polarimetry SN1: Synthesis of 2-chloro-2-methylbutane
 7 Recrystallization  15 Qualitative Analysis 1, also see BP-Refractive Index and IR
Gas Chromatography and Refractive Index  
 Safety in the Chemical Laboratory  Qualitative Analysis 1: See BP-Refractive Index and IR
 Determination of Melting Points  Thin-Layer and Column Chromatography
 Recrystallization Gas Chromatography notes
Refractive Index notes  Extraction: Separation of Acidic Substances
 Infrared Spectroscopy and IR Table and Sample IR Spectra  Extraction: Isolation of Caffeine from Tea
 Fractional Distillation SN1: Synthesis

Organic Chemistry Lab II, CHEM 2240L:

  • Schedule for Organic Chemistry II lab
  • The current semester's CHEM 2240L Syllabus.
  • Percent Yield Calculation Instructions
  • Here are copies of sections in Xavier's Organic Chemistry Laboratory Manual, sixth edition, that pertain to Chem 2240L. There are no page numbers, and page breaks and other formatting may not correspond with those in the original book.
  • Here is an example lab report Demo Lab Report 11.
 1 Course Policies  20 A Diels-Alder Reaction
 2 The Laboratory Timetable  22 Dehydration of 2-Methylcyclohexanol
 3 The Laboratory Notebook  23 An Aldol Condensation
 4 The Laboratory Report  24 Synthesis of Aspirin
 5 Safety in the Chemical Laboratory  25 Qualitative Analysis 2
 18 Synthesis of Nylon  26 Qualitative Analysis 3
 19 Oxidation of Cyclohexanol NMR Procedure
Gas Chromatography Procedure Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution procedure
Synthesis of Oxime procedure  
  • A  Yield Exercise (problems with solutions and quizzes), and answers to a Yield Quiz.
  • Lecture notes about the experiments:
 Safety in the Chemical Laboratory  Dehydration of 2-Methylcyclohexanol
NMR notes, Proton NMR Guidesheet, 13C NMR Guidesheet.  Aldol condensation notes
  Synthesis of Nylon  Synthesis of Aspirin
 Oxidation of Cyclohexanol   Qualitative Analysis 2
 A Diels-Alder Reaction Qualitative Analysis 3, see IR and NMR
Gas Chromatography notes  Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution notes
Oxime notes  
 
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