Spring 2006 organic chemistry 2 assignments  

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1/18-1/20

Review of alkene reactions and big ideas from semester 1

chapter 7, #23, 24, 26, 30, 31, 40, 55

read 14.1-14.7, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

Due at end of lab 1/20: rough draft of proposal including materials list

Due at beginning of lab 1/27: advanced proposal draft

1/23-1/27

Chapter 14.1-14.7: conjugated dienes

 chapter 14 #2-10, 25, 33, 38, 40

read chapter 8, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

Due at beginning of lab 1/27: advanced proposal draft

Due 2/3 brief essay 1: write ˝ summary and ˝ page response on Diels-Alder reading

1/30-2/3

Chapter 8: alkynes

 1/31: 12 pm summer internship and research informational lunch MLH 130.  Free pizza!

due 2/8 chapter 8: 1, 3-13, 30, 35, 46

due 2/8 read chapter 10, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

Test 1: 2/8 on alkenes and alkynes

Due at end of lab 2/3: final proposal draft

 

2/6-2/10

Test 1: alkenes and alkynes

Chapter 10: Alkyl halides

 due 2/15 chapter 10: 1-3, 5-9, 12, 13, 23, 24, 30, 32, 33

due 2/15 read chapter 11, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

Due 2/29 brief essay 2: a half-page on how your lab project connects to this class and/or last semester’s lab and a half-page on why you are interested in it.

2/13-2/17

Chapter 11: Reactions of alkyl halides

 due 2/24 chapter 11: 1-14, 29, 35, 36, 40, 41

No need to read ahead for the next week

For lab: due 2/17 progress report and due 2/24 first draft of intro

Due 2/29 brief essay 2: a half-page on how your lab project connects to this class and/or last semester’s lab and a half-page on why you are interested in it.

2/20-2/24

No class on Monday

Chapter 11: Reactions of alkyl halides

due 3/3 chapter 11: 15-20, 34, 45,  49

due 3/3 read chapter 15, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

due 3/3 brief essay 2: a half-page on how your lab project connects to this class and/or last semester’s lab and a half-page on why you are interested in it.

due 3/3: Progress report in lab

2/27-3/3

Chapter 15: benzene and aromaticity

due 3/8 chapter 15: 1-7, 19, 26, 27, 34, 37

No need to read ahead for the next week

No class 3/10…either volunteer on 3/9 or write a one page essay on the J.chem.ed. article I hand out in class.

3/8: Test 2 on chapters 10, 11 and 15 (through class on 3/3)

Second draft of lab intro due 3/10

3/6-3/10

Test 2: Alkyl halides

Chapter 15: benzene and aromaticity

 

3/13-3/17

Chapter 16: chemistry of benzene

due 3/17: one page essay on J.Chem.ed article (half page summary, half page response)

due 3/17: progress report

due 3/29 chapter 16: 1-16, 28, 29, 30, 41, 42, 43, 48, 49

due 3/29: read chapter 17, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

3/20-3/24

Spring break

 

3/27-3/31

Chapter 17: alcohols and phenols

 due 4/5: chapter 16: 17-24, 53, 69 and chapter 17: 1-6, 29

You do not need to read ahead this week

 

 

4/3-4/7

Chapter 17: alcohols and phenols

due 4/12: chapter 17 #7-20, 30, 33, 36, 44, 46, 52, 57, 59, 63

due 4/12: read chapter 18, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

due 4/7 in lab: progress report

4/12: Test 3 on chapters 15, 16 and 17

 

due 4/19: brief essay 4 – choose an organic molecule that you are interested in (I can make some suggestions if you would like) and write one page on the molecule’s structure, history, discovery and use.

4/10-4/14

Test 3: Benzene, aromaticity and alcohols

Chapter 18: ethers and ethoxides, thiols and sulfoxides

 4/12 (or 4/14, we will choose in class): Test 3 on chapters 15, 16 and 17

due 4/14 in lab: first draft of final report

due 4/19: brief essay 4 – choose an organic molecule that you are interested in (I can make some suggestions if you would like) and write one page on the molecule’s structure, history, discovery and use.

 

4/17-4/21

Chapter 18: ethers and ethoxides, thiols and sulfoxides

 due 4/19: brief essay 4 – choose an organic molecule that you are interested in (I can make some suggestions if you would like) and write one page on the molecule’s structure, history, discovery and use.

due 4/26: chapter 18 # 1-10, 26

due 4/26: read pp 672-681, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

due 4/28 in lab: second draft of final report

4/24-4/28

A preview of carbonyl compounds (pp 672-681): nucleophilic additions (19.4-19.6, 19.8, 19.12)and nucleophilic acyl substitutions (21.2)

 due 5/3: p681 # 1-3 and chapter 19 #5-8, 16, 17, 34, 36

due 5/3: read 22.1- 22.3, 22.5 and 23.1-23.3, write a paragraph summary and 2 questions

due 4/28 in lab: second draft of final report

due 5/12 in class: final report

due 5/12 in class: 10 minute (including questions) oral report

5/1-5/5

A preview of carbonyl compounds (pp 672-681): alpha substitution (22.1- 22.3, 22.5) and carbonyl condensations (23.1-23.3)

due 5/10 chapter 21: 3-7; chapter 22: 1-5, 7,8 ; chapter 23: 1,2

due 5/10: write a brief chronology of discoveries that Wittig made on his way to discovering the Wittig reaction (http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1979/wittig-lecture.html).  Spend a MAXIMUM of 1.5 hours on this assignment, including reading.  Hand in whatever you can complete during this time.

due 5/12 in class: final report

due 5/12 in class: 10 minute (including questions) oral report

5/8-5/12

Catch-up and review

due 5/10: write a brief chronology of discoveries that Wittig made on his way to discovering the Wittig reaction (http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/laureates/1979/wittig-lecture.html).  Spend a MAXIMUM of 1.5 hours on this assignment, including reading.  Hand in whatever you can complete during this time.

due 5/12 in class: final report

due 5/12 in class: 10 minute (including questions) oral report

Final: 10:30 am Monday, May 15.  The final will cover chapter 18, pp 672-681, 19.4-19.6, 19.8, 19.12, 21.2, 22.1-22.3, 22.5 and 23.1-23.3

 

Test 4: Final