ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 307
Lecturer:
SPRING 2012
Prof. John W. Taylor
E-mail: taylor@rutchem.rutgers.edu (you must use "307" in the subject heading)
Office: Wright-Rieman Chemistry Bldg (WR), room 278, Busch Campus.
Office hours and course support: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Recitation Instructor: Prof. Emmanuel Hove
E-mail: ehove12@rci.rutgers.edu (you must use "307" in the subject heading)
Office: Doolittle, room 108, Busch Campus.
Office Hours: TO BE ANNOUNCED.
General:
Text Book: L.G. Wade, Jr., "Organic Chemistry ", 7th edition (required), Study Guide
(optional, but recommended) and molecular models (optional, but recommended).
Note: The package sold by the Rutgers bookstores (Barnes & Noble and New Jersey Books) is
recommended. It has an excellent price that is difficult to beat.
Lectures: Mondays and Thursdays, HCK-138, 9:15 am – 10:35 am (period 1)
Recitations, Section 01: Fridays, HCK-101, 9:15 – 10:35 (period 1)
Recitations, Section 02: Fridays, LOR 020, 9:15 – 10:35 (period 1)
Exams:
General: All exams and quizzes are closed book, and students are not allowed to share
information in any way. The use of calculators and cell phones is not allowed at any time
during exams and quizzes. Molecular models may be used but not shared. Photo IDs are
required for all exams and will be checked individually in every exam.
Midterm exams: Midterm exams are currently scheduled for Fridays, February 17, March 9
and April 13, during the normal 80 min. period, period 1, starting promptly at 9:15 am. This
is subject to change, due to the increase in class size. Check the sakai site for updated
announcements. Locations will also be announced later. These midterm exams will be 70 min.
in duration, and will consist of 8 multiple-choice questions to be answered on opscan forms and
12 questions requiring short hand-written answers, possibly including chemical structure
drawings, reaction mechanisms and other diagrams, short written explanations, nomenclature or
short calculations. These exams will each be worth a maximum of 50 points, with each
question worth 2-3 points, as indicated on the exam. Partial credit may be given for some
responses.
Final Exam: The Final exam will be given at the time and place officially indicated for exam
code C. This exam will be in two parts, each of 70 min. duration. Part A will consist of 20
multiple-choice questions worth 2 points each; part B will consist of 20 written-answer
questions worth 3 points each. The maximum total score is 100 points.
Quizzes: Short quizzes (5 min. each) worth a total of 50 points will be given during the
scheduled lectures and recitations, without prior announcement. These quizzes will consist
of 1-2 questions worth 2 points each that will test the most recently covered topics and skills.
Grades: The final grade will be determined directly from the total points accumulated from all
exams and quizzes out of a maximum of 300 points. Students who obtain at least 240 points
(80%) are guaranteed to receive an A grade; at least 195 points (65%) guarantees a B grade;
and at least 150 (50%) points guarantees a C grade.
Grading Questions: All questions regarding the grading of your Midterm and Final exams
should be addressed to Professor Taylor. All questions regarding the grading of quizzes should
be addressed to the person who gave the quiz (Professor Taylor or Professor Hove).
Absences
All absences must be reported using the Rutgers Self-Reporting Absence Website
(https://sims.rutgers.edu/ssra//), or requests for make-up exams or credit for missed
quizzes (see below) will not be considered. The Rutgers Self-Reporting Absence Website is a
system that asks students to take responsibility for reporting their health and other emergency
absences (much as they will be called upon to do as employees after they leave us). The system
then generates email notices to all instructors teaching these students.
Missed Exams: All exams must be taken at the scheduled times and places. If you fail to take an exam or
quiz at the scheduled time and place for any valid reason (illness, accident, or death in the
family, for example), you must immediately report your absence on the Rutgers Self-Reporting
Absence Website (see above), and then provide Professor Taylor with a printed letter of excuse
and any supporting documents as soon as possible afterwards, or you will receive a score of
zero (0) for that exam or quiz. Students who miss a midterm exam for an accepted reason will
be allowed to take a make-up exam of equivalent duration covering all topics. This will be
scheduled for Tuesday, May 3. Quizzes missed for documented and accepted reasons will be
replaced by a prorated score that is based on the student's score in the Final exam.
Conflict Exams: All midterm exams are given during the class time. Therefore, there are no conflict exam
times for the midterm exams, unless the exam schedule is changed. If you believe you have
another Final exam that conflicts with your final exam, you must notify Professor Taylor and
detail the conflicting exam at least two weeks in advance of the date of the Final exam.
Special Needs:
Any student requiring extra time and/or other unusual testing accommodations must provide
documentation supporting their circumstances and needs directly to Professor Taylor during the
first week of classes, or immediately after these needs have been documented. ALL requests
for extended time and/or other special accommodations for exams must be handled through the
Office of Disability Services (http://disabilityservices.rutgers.edu/). This office will be
responsible for all necessary proctoring arrangements.
Homework:
This is a very demanding course! You must attend lectures and recitations, and be prepared to
follow these presentations and activities carefully. You must keep up with the material that is
being covered. It is recommended that you read the text before the material is covered in
lecture, then review your notes and the book and do the assigned problems immediately
afterwards on the same day. Some exam questions will be derived from the homework
problems directly. Forming small study groups (3-4 students) is recommended, and reading the
material in a different textbook is helpful if you can do this. For review purposes and practice,
old exams and answer keys will be made available on the web site for this course (see below).
Postings:
Photocopies of graded exams will be returned expediently, as soon as they are available.
Answer keys will be posted promptly on the Chemistry Department web site for this course. To
find this site, go to <http://rutchem.rutgers.edu>, select the “Undergrad” menu, then "Spring
2012 Courses", then "Chem 307". Other course information will also be posted at this site.
However, all exam and quiz scores will be posted on the sakai site for the course.
Lecture notes:
Lecture notes will be posted on the Chemistry Department web site for this course (see above),
usually in the afternoon following each lecture. These notes will NOT be posted on the sakai
site.
Academic
Integrity:
Rutgers University policies on academic integrity and procedures for disciplinary action
(http://academicintegrity.rutgers.edu/) will be strictly followed. Amongst all other
considerations noted in these policies, please note in particular that all exams and quizzes are
closed-book/closed-notes, that it is strictly forbidden to share information with any other
person or receive information from another person during an exam or quiz, and that it is strictly
forbidden to impersonate or otherwise represent yourself as another student in an exam or quiz.
Chemistry 307 Spring 2012
Course Schedule
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: BONDING, MOLECULAR SHAPE,
REACTION MECHANISMS, KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS
Date
Chapter and Sections, Exams
1/19
1.1–1.10 (First lecture)
1: 20a-o, 22-31, 34-38, 40, 41
1/23
chpt 1 + 2.1 – 2.8
2: 23, 27-33, 35-40, 42
1/26
2.9 – 2.14
1/30
3.1 – 3.5
2/2
3.7 – 3.13
2/6
3.13 – 3.15; 3.6 + 4.1 – 4.3
2/9
4.4 – 4.14
2/13
4.15 – 4.16
2/16
5.1 – 5.10
2/17
EXAM I: Section 1, chapters 1 – 4, omitting 1.11 – 1.14
2/20
5.11 – 5.16
SECTION 2
Suggested End-of Chapter Problems by Chapter
(Daily assignments will be given in lecture)
3: 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 39-44, 46, 47 (try 48)
4: 34-39, 40a-c, 41-47
5: 25-34, 36, 38
SUBSTITUTION AND ELIMINATION REACTIONS:
REACTIONS OF ALKYL HALIDES AND ALKENE SYNTHESIS
2/23
1.12 – 1.14
1: 42-51, 54;
2/27
6.1 – 6.12
6: 41-46a-e, 47-54, 56, 60, 61, 63-66, 69, 71, 72, 74ad
3/1
6.13 –6.16
3/5
6.17 – 6.21
SECTION 3
REACTIONS OF ALKENES AND ALKYNES
3/8
7.1 – 7.10 + 8.10
7: 30-34, 38-43, 45, 46, 55
3/9
EXAM II: Sections 1, 2, chapters 1 – 6
SPRING BREAK
3/19
8.1 – 8.7 (Not 8.3B)
8: 46-49, 51-53, 56, 59, 64, 66, 69
3/22
8.8, 8.9, 8.12 – 8.14, 14.11 – 14.15
3/26
8.10, 8.11, 8.3B, 8.16
3/29
9.1 – 9.8
4/2
9.9 and synthesis review
SECTION 4
9: 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33-36
SYNTHESIS AND REACTIONS OF ALCOHOLS AND ETHERS
4/5
10.1 – 10.9
10: 30-33, 37-43, 48
4/9
10.10 – 10.12 + 11.1, 11.2 and synthesis overview
4/12
11.5 – 11.10
4/13
EXAM III: Sections 1 – 4, chapters 1 – 11.2 + 14.11 – 14.15
4/16
11.14, 14.1 – 14.8
(see also 14.11 – 14.15)
11: 39-44, 47-49, 51, 53, 54, 58, 60
14: 29, 30, 32a-f, 33, 34, 37, 38, 42, 43
SECTION 5 ANALYTICAL METHODS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: NMR, IR AND MS
4/19
12.1 – 12.10
4/23
12.11 – 12.15
4/26
13.1 – 13.8
4/30
13.9 – 13.13
12: 12-16, 18, 20, 23ab, 25
13: 33-40, 45; 14: 46
FINAL EXAM: COMPREHENSIVE
(Time and date according to Exam Code C schedule)