SYLLABUS Organic Chemistry I CHEM253 Fall 2008

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Tentative Course Calendar:
Date Topic Text Selection
8/27 Introduction/Overview 1.1 to 1.4
8/28 Bonding, & Hybridization, 1.5 to 1.8
8/29 Structural Formulas 1.9 to 1.12
9/01 Electronegativity & Formal Charges 2.1 to 2.3
9/03 Resonance 2.4 to 2.6
9/04 Acid/Base 2.7 to 2.10
9/05 Acid/Base 2.11 to 2.13
9/08 Functional Groups 3.1 to 3.3
9/10 Alkane Conformations 3.6 & 3.7
9/11 Alkane Classification & Nomenclature 3.4 & 3.5
9/12 Cycloalkanes 4.1 to 4.3
9/15 Cycloalkane Structure and Nomenclature 4.4 to 4.6
9/17 Cycloalkane conformations 4.7 to 4.9
9/18
9/19 EXAM I (Chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4)
9/22 Organic Reactions 5.1 to 5.4
9/24 Thermodynamics & Kinetics 5.5 to 5.8
9/25 Biological Reactions 5.9 to 5.11
9/26 Alkenes introduction and Naming 6.1 to 6.3
9/29 Alkene Stereochemistry 6.4 to 6.6
10/01 Alkene Reactivity 6.7 to 6.11
10/02 Preparation of Alkenes 7.1 to7.4
10/03 Alkene Reactions 7.5 to 7.8
10/06 Alkene Reactions 7.9 to 7.11
10/08 Alkynes introduction and Naming 8.1
10/09 Preparation of Alkynes 8.2 to 8.5
10/10 Alkyne Reactions 8.6 to 8.9
10/13
10/15
10/16 EXAM II ( Chapters 5, 6, 7, & 8)
10/17 LONG WEEKEND
10/20 Introduction to Stereochemistry 9.1 to 9.4
10/22 Absolute Stereochemistry 9.5 to 9.8