Chemistry 10C
Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences Majors
Spring 1999, TR 9:00 - 9:50 a.m., Room LS 2142




Instructor:

Dr. Arthur N. Mayeno, Young Hall 4037
Office Hours: W 10 - 11 a.m., F 9 - 10 a.m.
Tel: 310-825-4399, e-mail: mayeno@chem.ucla.edu
Teaching Assistant:
Krista Motschiedler, e-mail: krmot@chem.ucla.edu
Office Hours: M 10-11 am, R 10-11 am, Young Hall 1040
Texts:
• (Required) W. H. Brown & C. S. Foote, Organic Chemistry, Second Edition, 1998.
• (Recommended) Iverson, Iverson & Brown, Study Guide and Problems Book.
Supplements (Optional): • Molecular Model Kit: Available in UCLA Bookstore.
• "CHEM TV" animations. Contact Dr. Betty A. Luceigh for information.
• ChemOffice Ltd (or more advanced versions such as ChemOffice Pro) software. Grading: Grading will be based on the total points earned in the course.
 
3 Quizzes in Discussion Section (20 points each) 60
2 Midterms (100 points each) 200
1 Comprehensive Final Exam (200 points) 200
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE 460

Make-up exams will not be given.

 Lectures: Lectures will generally follow the textbook; however, addition material not in the book will be presented in lecture. Students will be responsible for this material on exams. Virtual Office Hours (VOH): • Current course materials, handouts, and announcements will be posted on Virtual Office Hours.
URL: http://voh.chem.ucla.edu
• Please feel free to ask questions through VOH; questions should be clear and concise. Homework: Problems will be suggested but not collected or graded. Computer Labs: Science Learning Center (SLC), 4th floor, Young Hall, South Wing.
Chemistry Instructional Computing (CIC) Lab, Young Hall 6096, East Wing. Answer Keys to Homework and Exams: Answers to exams and problems not in your study guide will be posted in the glass wall case near room 1054 Young Hall (across from the vending machines) and on VOH. More Detailed Information

Virtual Office Hours (VOH):

Virtual office hours provide a way for you to access written or audio-visual course material and to ask questions, all electronically. Course announcements, most handouts, keys to problems not available in your textbooks or study guides, and exam keys will be posted on VOH. You may submit questions directly to the instructor, and also view questions and answers submitted by other students. Please always check the VOH "Answered Questions" and "Submitted Questions" websites before submitting your questions, as yours may have been addressed already. Please use the "Confidential" submission option for personal matters. Confidential questions will not be posted or accessible to anyone other than the instructor. Optional Study Supplements: Computer-based or hand-held molecular models will help you improve your ability to visualize and understand chemical structures and reactions. If you purchased a new copy of Brown & Foote’s text, you also obtained a disk containing ChemOffice Ltd. software, a suite of programs that includes ChemDraw and Chem3D. You will find both very useful in learning to draw and visualize complex molecules. ChemOffice and other chemistry-related software, such as RasMol, are also available to you in the Science Learning Center on the 4th floor, South Wing of Young Hall, and in the Chemistry Instructional Computing (CIC) Lab in the East Answer Keys to Homework and Exams: Answers to exams and problems not in your study guides will be posted in the glass wall cases near room 1054 Young Hall (across from the vending machines) and on VOH. Examinations: Important exam policies: Questions about the exams (format, scope, content, whatever) should be asked in lecture or by VOH. Physical constants will be provided. Pagers of any type, cellular phones, Palm Pilots, PDA’s, etc. should not be brought to any quiz or exam. Only "SAT-approved" calculators are allowed for quizzes and exams. (They are available at bookstores and office supply stores for <$10.) Graphing, programmable, and data-card calculators will not be allowed. If you bring one to an exam, it will be taken away until the end of the exam; no spare calculators will be available. You MUST bring your student ID card to each exam. There will be no extra-credit or make-up assignments for missed quizzes or CPR assignments. You must take the final exam during its scheduled period in order to receive a passing grade in the course (University rule). Letter grades are not assigned for each exam, only at the end of the course. No scores are dropped, but improvement is taken into account.

Regrading policy: Addition errors will be corrected as requested. If you believe that additional credit is due, you may request a re-evaluation. To do so, briefly detail your reasons in writing on a separate sheet, attach it to the front of the exam, and give it to the instructor within the time specified by the instructor, usually three days after the exam is handed out. We will then regrade the entire test. There are no regrades of the final examination, except for a clerical error in totalling the score or in transcribing the grade.

 Study Tips: Do as many of the suggested exercises at the end of each chapter as you can to better understand the concepts introduced in lecture and discussion sections. I encourage you to form study groups. Discussing ideas will clarify the concepts and enhances long-term retention. Above all, keep up with your work! Organic chemistry cannot be learned overnight. Office Hours: Make use of the office hours provided by the instructor and teaching assistant. It is best to come to office hours with specific questions. Review your lecture notes, the textbook, and work on problems before coming to office hours. The optional Study Guide and Problems Book is an excellent resource. Tutoring: The Chemistry Department has a list of graduate students who tutor for a fee. The list is available at the Department Undergraduate Office, 4009 Young Hall. Other tutoring options are also available.
  Chemistry 10C Topics
Spring 1999

Material to be covered in this course, in approximate order (Tentative):

Chapters from Brown and Foote:

Review of Bonds, Structure, Resonance Structures

Chap. 1 Alkanes, Cycloalkanes, Isomers Chap. 2 Isomers, Stereoisomers, Alkenes Chap. 4, 5 Other Functional Groups Sections 7.1-7.3 (Alkyl halides), 9.1-9.3 (Alcohols and Thiols), 10.1-10.3 (Alkynes), p. 372 (allene), 11.1-11.3 (Ethers, sulfides and epoxides), 11.8 (Epoxides), 15.1-15.3 (Aldehydes & Ketones), 15.10 (imine), 16.1-16.3 (Carboxylic acids), 17.1 (Carboxylic acid derivatives), 19.1-19.3, 19.5.A (Benzene and its derivatives), 21.1-21.4 (Amines) Symmetry Handout, not in Brown and Foote Spectroscopy and Structure Elucidation Chap. 14 (IR and UV)

Chap. 12 (Mass Spectrometry)

Chap. 13 (NMR)

Section 15.4 (Spectroscopic properties of aldehydes and ketones)

Sections 16.5, 17.3 (Spectroscopic properties of carboxylic acids and derivatives)

Section 19.4 (Spectroscopic properties of aromatics)

Section 21.5 (Spectroscopic properties of amines)

 If time permits:

Acid and Bases

Chap. 3 (Acids and Bases) Organic Acids and Bases Sections 9.4, 9.5, 9.11.B (alcohols and thiols)

Section 10.3 (Alkynes)

Section 15.11 (Alpha-hydrogens)

Section 16.4 (Carboxylic acids)

Section 17.2 (Amides, Imides, and sulfonamides)

Sections 19.5.B,C (Phenols)

Section 21.6 (Amines)
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