General Chemistry 2: CHEM-UA.126.001
Room Silver 405
Fall 2014, Tuesday 9:30-10:45AM
Dr. Burt Goldberg, and Dr. Yoel Ohayon (Recitation Instructor)
My office is in room: MDI 664 Brown Email: bg43@nyu.edu or
burt.goldberg@nyu.edu or burt.goldberg@gmail.com
Phone: (212.998.7949 if I do not answer do not leave a message, just send an email)
Office hours will be on Tuesday & Thursday from 11:00 to 2:00 PM, room
664 Brown building.
I am NOT in the office every day, only on Tuesday and Thursday for office hours.
A good time to ask your questions is during recitation, which means that you need
to read the chapter prior to each class (lecture or recitation) and come to
recitation with your homework and lecture questions. Your success in this course
will depend on how seriously you take your preparation. Your grade is dependent on
your performance on homework, exams, quizzes, peer-tutoring attendance and
recitation and lecture attendance. Extra credit will not be offered to raise your
grades! It is your responsibility to be prepared and to come to class. Having not
read the material to be covered during the lecture is a serious error in judgment
with possible devastating consequences. I strongly urge students to form
collaborative study groups, and to discuss your answers to the strategies for
solving homework assigned questions with the members of their group. It is up to
you to do ALL of the assignment. And, I always recommend doing extra problems.
The night before recitations I will post the answers to the assignment problems.
Punctuality is necessary and expected! This is a large class so please be on time. I
expect that you will be present for examinations. If you are ill please notify me no
less than 24 hours beforehand, not after the examination has taken place. I will
expect an official doctor’s note only (a report from Student Health is
acceptable). Makeup examinations are not a birthright and will not be given
without good reason. Grades are based on three examinations. If you miss a
midterm examination, you first must present documentation of why you missed the
exam and only then will I discuss the possibility of the makeup exam, assuming I
deem the reason you missed the exam to be an excused absence (this of course is
all at my convenience).
Course Goals.
The main goal is to complete your basic foundations in chemical reactions and
the rules that govern chemical reactions. In this semester you will study the
affect of chemical reactions in solutions, aqueous or gaseous; the colligative
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properties of solutions; the periodic behavior of elements reactions in maingroups; the rate and mechanisms of chemical reactions. You will understand
the formation of Equilibrium in chemical reactions and what factors affect
Equilibrium. To understand how acid-base rxns are a special case of
Equilibrium. How does thermodynamics control the direction of a reaction? To
understand the factors that affect oxidation-reduction reactions.
Lecture is very important, will lecture by writing notes on the board, not a
power-point slide show, and will do problems on the board. Missing a lecture is
then a big deal. Please do try not to miss lecture. The same for recitation Dr.
Ohayon will go over assignment problems. I have posted assignment on the
syllabus, and will the day befor recitation post the answers, please go over
your answers to these problems with the posted answers. What you are having
rouble with, is what to ask in recitation.
Grading
100-95= A, 94-90=A-, 89-85=B+, 84-80=B, 79-75=B-. 74 to 70 = C + ,
69 to 65 = C, 64-60=C- , if your grades put you below this I will
strongly urge you to drop the course.
The times for your exams are: 2-4:30 PM always on a Friday. The dates
are Friday, 10/17, and Friday, 11/14.These were arranged by the
Registrar and are not subject to change. The mid term and final exam
dates and times are set by the Registrar Office.
You grade will be made up form the following: 20% for each midterm exam, 20%
for the lab, 10% for quizzes and recitation (this includes having completed you
homework assignment). We will not check for correctness of assignment but
completeness, and not every week but if not handed in when asked you have a
problem, a big problem, doing assignments are professional behavior, no matter
how well you are doing not doing assignments are deeply frowned upon by me.
Let us remember besides an A in this course you will want a letter of
recommendation when you apply to Medical or graduate school. How do I talk
about your work ethic and professional demeanor in a letter of recommendation
when you have not done your assignments? ). And, 5% of your grade is for
attendance in recitation and lecture, 25% for final exam.
If you going to miss a recitation and want to go to another section that is only
possible with MY permission. You must prior to missing a recitation email Dr. An
and I and if the reason for missing recitation warrants allowing you to making up
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the recitation I will give permission.
Oversleeping is not an excusable offense.
Missing class is a serious offense.
Text for this course is Chemistry, Molecular Nature………..6e Silberberg.
Lecture Date
Topic
Read Chapter
Assignment
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09-02 Review Electron
Chapter 9
Ch8, pg324 Q # 8.7,
configuration &
9,10,48a&b,52,
Review Models of
Ch9,pg357,Q#,9.18,19,
Bonding
30,34,42,51,52,73,75,
86
2
-04
Review Shapes of Chapter 10 &
Ch10,pg391,Q#,61,64,6
Molecules &
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9,75,77,82,
Ch11,pg415,Q#,20,27,
Review Covalent
Bonding
28,30,32
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-09
Properties of
Chapter 13
Ch13,pg515,Q#2,9,17,1
Mixtures
8,25,36,40,56,60,64,66
,68,70,78,121,129
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-11
Periodic Patterns
Chapter 14
in Main Group
Elements
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-16
Kinetics: rate &
Chapter 16
mechanism of
chem. rxns
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-18
Kinetics: rate &
Chapter 16
mechanism of
chem. rxns
7
-23
Kinetics: rate &
Chapter 16
mechanism of
chem. rxns
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09-30 Equilibrium:
Chapter 17
extent of chem.
rxns
10
10-2
Equilibrium:
Chapter 17
extent of chem.
rxns
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10-07 Equilibrum:
Chapter 17
extent of chem.
rxns
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12
10-09
10-14
10-16
10-21
10-23
10-27
10-30
11-04
11-06
11-11
11-13
11-18
11-20
11-26
11-27
Acid-Base
Equilbra
Acid-Base
Equilbra
Ionic Equalibra in
Aqueous Systems
Ionic Equalibra in
Aqueous Systems
Chapter 18
Thermodynamics:
Free Energy,
Entropy &……
Thermodynamics:
Free Energy,
Entropy &……
Thermodynamics:
Free Energy,
Entropy &……
Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry
Electrochemistry
Transition
Elements
Transition
Elements
Transition
Elements
Chapter 20
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 19
Chapter 21
Chapter 23
Thanksgiving
Holiday
12-02
12-04
12-09
12-11
Final Exam date
to be announced
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The dates for the two General Chemistry midterms has now been
arranged by the Registrar’s office these dates are: Friday, 10/17,
and Friday, 11/14, 2-4:30 PM. Room assignments will be given out
prior to exam.
Recitations will be taught by Dr.Yoel Ohayon
Sect Schedule
101 M: 8 AM - 9:15 AM
M: 9:30 AM - 10:45
102 AM
M: 11 AM - 12:15
103 PM
M: 12:30 PM - 1:45
104 PM
Location
429 Waverly
409 Silver
403 Silver
366 Waverly
This is a very important message to me from the Dean
about tutoring. I am sharing it with you.
From; Soomie Han, J.D.
Assistant Dean, Academic Support Services
Director, University Learning Center
NYU College of Arts & Science
With the start of the fall semester just moments away, I wanted to
send a quick reminder about the FREE PEER TUTORING services for
general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry at the University
Learning Center. In addition to our walk-in, one-to-one sessions, we
also hold group Peer Tutoring sessions for General Chemistry I and II
(we will be in touch with you with more details for those), as well as
Organic Chemistry.
Free peer tutoring, Study Slams, group reviews, workshops, and more!!
University Learning Center
www.nyu.edu/ulc
ULC@Academic Resource Center, 18 Washington Place, Lower Level
ULC@UHall, 110 East 14th Street, top of stairs by UHall Commons
Achieve Excellence!
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We are working on getting our current schedule online soon!
Thank you, and best of luck with the new year!
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