Course Information and Syllabus Course number: CH2103 Spring Semester, 2025 Organic Chemistry I Course: Organic Chemistry I [Lecture:Experiment:Credit = 3:0:3] Course Description This course will develop a number of basic concepts that will serve as the foundation for understanding organic chemistry. Learning these fundamentals will enable you to evaluate and comprehend all of the new material encountered during the organic chemistry sequence. An important goal of this course is to understand the principles of the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Bonding principles, nomenclature, isomerism, stereochemistry, functional groups, spectroscopy, synthesis and reaction mechanisms will be covered. Course Objectives - Understanding the nature and behavior of chemical bonds - Understanding the relationship among functionality, structure and reactivity - Learning the mechanism for common reaction types - To acquire ability to name organic molecules (nomenclature) Course Instructors Prof. Jiwon Seo (jseo@gist.ac.kr, GIST college bldg A, Rm313, x3628) Teaching Assistants Chaeyeong Lim (chaeyeong129@gist.ac.kr), graduate student, Department of Chemistry Meeting Times Lectures: Tue/Thu 10:30 - 11:45 Instructor Office Hours Tue/Thu 13:30 – 16:00 (prior appointment requested) GIST college bldg A, Rm313 (Prof. Seo’s office) or by zoom meeting Students are highly encouraged to stop by prof. Seo's office to discuss any topics in organic chemistry during the office hour (or other times by appointment). 1 Course Information and Syllabus Course number: CH2103 Spring Semester, 2025 Textbook: Organic Chemistry by John McMurry, 9th edition Reference: Organic Chemistry by Klein, 1st edition Organic Chemistry by Carey, 8th edition General Information 1) Lecture Notes Lecture notes will be provided each week. Most of the announcements, materials uploads, and other communications will be made in LMS, lms.gist.ac.kr. It is your responsibility to check LMS periodically, so you do not miss any important announcements. 2) Homework Homework problem sets will be provided each chapter. Roughly 20% of the problems (i.e., 20 pts out of 100 pts) in the exams will be similar to the problems in the given problem sets. 3) Attendance Student who does not meet 2/3 of class attendance cannot take the course exams (i.e., final exam). 4) Exam Exams are closed-book and closed-notes. You can only bring pens and erasers, nothing else. Make-up exams will not be given. 5) Grading The grades will be given based on the following policy. Midterm: 40% Homework: 5% Final exam: 50% Attendance: 5% * exams are cumulative Total: 100% * The ratio of A:B:C-F will be roughly 3:4:3. Class average will be located somewhere in B0. There can be a minor variation depending on the overall class achievement. 2 Course Information and Syllabus Course number: CH2103 Spring Semester, 2025 6) Academic dishonesty - Plagiarism Group study is encouraged; however, plagiarism from other students, textbooks or any other source is strictly forbidden. You must be able to reconstruct your submitted work on your own at the instructors’ discretion. - Cheating If cheating is spotted during the exams or quizzes, you will automatically get an F in this course and be reported to the academic committee. The definition of cheating is, "Any attempt to give or obtain assistance in a formal academic exercise (i.e., exams, quizzes) without due acknowledgement. 7) Final suggestions If you wish to do well in this course, it is absolutely imperative that you stay current with the material. I suggest reading the assigned material before class, and studying course materials on a daily basis. Also you should practice problem sets in the back of each chapter constantly. Organic chemistry is highly cumulative, and the information you learn at the beginning of class will be essential for your understanding of subsequent material. Our exams will be structured with the expectation that you understand the material on prior exams. In other words, you will see problems on exams that contain material from earlier exams. I would like to see you all do well and taste the beauty of organic chemistry in this semester please follow my suggestions and you will have a good one. Good luck! 3 Course Information and Syllabus Course number: CH2103 Spring Semester, 2025 9) Schedule Calendar Description 1st week Structure and Bonding (Ch 1) 2nd week Polar Covalent Bonds (Ch 2), Nomenclature, Isomerism, Alkanes (Ch 3) 3rd week Cycloalkanes (Ch 4) 4th week Stereochemistry (Ch 5) 5th week Organic reactions (Ch6) 6th week Alkenes: structure and reactivity (Ch7) 7th week Alkenes: reaction and synthesis (Ch8) 8th week midterm exam (date: TBA) 9th week Alkenes: reaction and synthesis (Ch8) 10th week Alkynes, Organic synthesis (Ch9) 11th week Organohalides (Ch10) 12th week Substitution and elimination reactions (Ch11) 13th week Substitution and elimination reactions (Ch11) 14th week Mass spectrometry & IR, NMR spectroscopy (Ch12, 13) 15th week NMR spectroscopy (Ch13), Cycloaddition reaction (Ch14) 16th week final exam (date: TBA) 4
