Text: L. G. Wade, Jr, Organic Chemistry, 8th edition, Prentice-Hall, 2013. For more details, click here.
Study Guide [optional]: J. W. Simek, Solutions Manual for the appropriate edition. for L. G. Wade, Jr., Organic Chemistry.
Supplementary Help [optional]: D. R. Klein, Organic Chemistry as a Second Language, Wiley, 2007.
Molecular Models: Darling Molecular Models (Texts and models are at the Yale Bookstore)
Instructor: Frederick E. Ziegler, e-mail: frederick.ziegler@yale.edu Class Hours: MWF, 9:25 - 10:15 AM, 160 SCL Office Hours: MWF, hours posted in class, 176 SCL).
Teaching Assistants: Jonah Vilseck and Apiwat Wangweerawong
Peer Tutors: Regina Lief, Luke Myhre and Andrew Zaragoza
Discussion Sections: Sign up at Online Course Information. Discussion Sections begin Tuesday, January 22. If you missed a section on Monday, (1/21, MLK Day) stop in at any section during the week if you have questions.)
| Dates | Topic | Chapter |
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1/14M, 1/16W, 1/18F, 1/21M (MLK Day, no class), 1/23W |
Introduction & Review; Structure & Properties of Organic Molecules |
1,2 (PS1) |
| 1/25F, 1/28M (PS1), 1/30W | Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes | 3 (PS2) |
| 2/1F, 2/4M (PS2), 2/6W | Chemical Reactions | 4 (PS3) |
| 2/8F, 2/11M (PS3), 2/13W | Stereochemistry | 5 (PS4) |
| 2/15F | Exam 1 (Chapters 1-4; PS's 1-3) | |
| 2/18M (PS4), 2/20W, 2/22F | Alkyl Halides | 6 (PS5) |
| 2/25M (PS5), 2/27W, 3/1F | Structure and Synthesis of Alkenes | 7 (PS6) |
| 3/4M (PS6), 3/6W, 3/8F, 3/25M (PS7), 3/27W | Reactions of Alkenes | 8 (PS7) |
| 3/29F, 4/1M, 4/3W | Alkynes | 9 (PS8) |
| 4/5F | Exam 2 (Chapters 5-8; PS 4-7) | |
| 4/8M (PS8), 4/10W, 4/12F | Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols | 10 (PS9) |
| 4/15M, 4/17W, 4/19F, 4/22M (PS9) | Reactions of Alcohols |
11 (PS10) |
| 4/26F | Exam 3 (Chapters 9-11; PS 8-9) | |
| 4/24W, 4/29M (PS10) | Ethers and Epoxides | 14 |
| 5/1W, 5/3F | Review | |
| Sunday, May 5; 2 P.M. | Final Exam |
Chem220 on the Web: The course website is located on the old Classes server at http://classes.yale.edu/chem220. This URL - no login required - is the most direct route to the website and it provides a full screen view without the screen peripherals often associated with Classes*v2. If you want to use Classes*v2 and take advantage of a full screen, go to the syllabus of Chem220 in Classes*v2 and click on the Homepage button in the syllabus. E-mails about Chem220 will be sent through and archived on Classes*v2. Grades will be posted via PostEm on Classes*v2. Use YaleSecure for wireless connections. The Bulletin Board will handle messages containing graphics not compatible with *v2. Items listed as Yale Only may be viewed outside of Yale with VPN. The StudyAids provide helpful items to assist you with course material. Exams and Problem Sets from past years are here for your benefit. The Bulletin Board and Overheads are not accessible outside of yale.edu.
Some of the StudyAids (Conformation, ORGO and NMR Spectroscopy) are interactive. Conformation runs with Jmol applets. You MUST have Java turned on in your browser. Jmol allows for the direct measurement of bond lengths, bond angles and dihedral angles.
Problem Sets: There will be weekly problem Sets due on the days in red above in Lectures and Examinations. They are to be deposited in the drop boxes located outside 160 SCL.
Grading Policy: There will be three hour exams and a final exam. The lowest hour exam score will be dropped. Problem Sets, which will be graded by your Teaching Assistant (TA), will be scaled on the average of all sections. The final grade will be based on 400 points: two best hour exams: 200 pts. (50%); final examination, 160 pts (40%); problem sets, 40 pts (10%). Corrections of hour exam grades are to be made during the instructor's Office Hours within two weeks after the exam is returned to you at your Discussion Section.
Discussion Sections: Discussion Sections are an integral part of the course. They provide an excellent opportunity for you to clarify questions that you may have and to go over the previous weeks Problem Set with your TA. Register for Discussion Section at Online Course Information. Sections begin on Tuesday, January 22. If you have a Monday section cancelled by MLK day, visit a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday section until Monday, January 28. For assistance with course, section and laboratory selection a Powerpoint Guide is located here.
Peer Tutors: There will be several Peer Tutors for the class. These students took Chem220 with me in the past and performed exceptionally well. They will be a valuable asset for you.
Tutors: The Math & Science Tutors Program is available to you [http://www.yale.edu/mstutor]. The program is a tutorial; it is not a substitute for a Discussion Section.
Cheating: Students are advised to refresh their memories on Yale College's policy on cheating in the Undergraduate Regulations.
Advice Department:
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A visitor to New York City asks a person on the street, "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?" S/he responds, "Practice, practice, practice!" [Allegedly attributable to pianist Art(h)ur Rubinstein.]
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"I hear and I forget. I read and I remember. I do and I understand." Confucius: (551-479 BC)
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"O undergraduates, come up," The Vulture did beseech, "and let us see if you can learn as well as we can teach;..." The Vulture and the Husbandman. A. C Hilton, (1855-1871).
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I shall attack Chemistry, like a Shark. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge On his plans to set up a joint chemistry laboratory with Davy and Wordsworth in the Lake District. [Letter to Humphry Davy, 15 July 1800. In Earl Leslie Griggs (ed.), The Collected Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1956), Vol. 1, 605.]