CHE 106
General Chemistry Lecture, Fall 2008
GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Instructor Information
Dr. Mary Boyden
Office: 3-008 Center for Science and Technology
Office Hours: Mondays 1:45-2:45
Phone: 443-2127
Email: mnboyden@syr.edu
Website: blackboard.syr.edu (CHE.106.M013)
Class Time and Location
Monday, Wednesday & Friday 12:45-1:40, Stolkin Auditorium (Physics)
REQUIRED Textbook and Supporting Material (all available in the SU bookstore)
• General Chemistry, 9th ed. by D.D. Ebbing and S.D. Gammon (Houghton Mifflin, 2009)
• Student Solutions Manual (General Chemistry, 9th edition); D. Bookin, D.D. Ebbing, and S.D.
Gammon (Houghton Mifflin)
• Publisher Web Site: http://college.hmco.com/pic/ebbing9e
Course Description
This course concentrates on the fundamental principles and laws underlying chemical action,
states of matter, atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, properties of
solutions, chemical equilibrium, and introductory thermodynamics.
Your basic responsibilities include:
! Attend all lectures, recitations and exams and bring a scientific calculator.
! Read the assigned material prior to class.
! Study your lecture notes and assigned text reading.
! Do assigned homework problems on time and review them before exams.
! Do not fall behind!
! Take all examinations!
If you have any questions about the homework, the quizzes, the final, or anything else, it
is the responsibility of the student to find the appropriate TA or Professor Boyden to get
help in a timely manner.
Laboratory
You should take CHE 107, a one-credit lab course which fulfills the general chemistry lab
requirement. You will find CHE 107 helpful. It gives you a additional experience with chemistry
concepts and introduces you to useful laboratory skills. CHE 107 is taught and graded totally
separately from CHE 106. Please do not ask your CHE 106 TAs questions about the labs.
Academic integrity
Your work on all exams, quizzes, and any assignments labeled "individual work" must be your
own. Cheating will be penalized and reported to the College of Arts and Sciences. Your
signature on exams affirms that you have understood this academic-integrity requirement. In the
case of homework assignments, collaborative work with other students in the course is
encouraged.
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Absences
Absences due to a religion’s holy day requirements will be excused. You must notify Professor
Boyden and your TA in writing at least one week before the absence; an opportunity to make up
lecture or recitation class work will be provided. Medical absences will be excused based on
written advice from the Health Center or a health-care provider (based upon clinical findings and
prescribed treatment recommendations). The medical document must specifically indicate that
you were unable to attend class/recitation. All such absences will be verified by Chemistry
Department staff. No verbal excuses will be accepted. There will be absolutely NO makeup
examinations except in the case of advance-notice approved absences.
Disability
If you have a learning or physical disability, please see Professor Boyden as soon as possible
during the first 2 weeks of the course to arrange for appropriate accommodations. No
provisions/accommodations will be made if the instructor is notified after examinations.
Exams
Exams will cover both material covered in lecture and the assigned text readings. Some
questions will come from lecture (not covered in text) and others from the text (not covered in
lecture). Many questions will be problems similar to assigned homework exercises. Lots of
practice with problems is the key to success in this course. Each hourly exam will focus on
specific chapters and is given during the regular class period. The final exam will cover the
entire semester.
First Hour Examination
Second Hour Examination
Third Hour Examination
Fourth Hour Examination
FINAL EXAMINATION
Wednesday, September 17th
Wednesday, October 8th
Wednesday, October 29th
Wednesday, November 19th
Monday, December 8th, 8:00-10:00
Final Grade Determination
Course grades are based on total points out of a possible 500 points. Curving will generally not
be applied, but I reserve the right to do so. In such a case, scores will only be curved up and
never down. The final grade will be computed as follows:
Four Hour Exams (75 points each)
300 (60%)
Final Exam (150 points)
150 (30%)
Recitation (50 points)
50 (10%)
Course Total : 500 points (100%)
Grade ranges based upon raw score percentages:
A = ! 90%
A- = 88-89%
B+ = 85-87%
B = 80-84%
B- = 75-79%
C+ = 70-74%
C = 60-69%
C- = 55-59%
D = 40-54%
F = < 40%
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APPROXIMATE COURSE SCHEDULE
The following schedule of classes lists the topics that will be covered on a particular date along
with the relevant reading in the textbook. It is in your best interest to have completed the
reading before the scheduled lecture time since it will make the lecture much easier to follow.
Copies of the lecture notes will be put on the course web site.
DATE
TOPIC
Mon. Aug. 25
Syllabus/Course Overview
Wed. Aug 27
Introduction to Chemistry
TEXT READING
(Chapter.Section)
Preface
Study the syllabus
1.1 - 1.3
Appendix A.1
Fri. Aug 29
Matter, Measurement
Mon. Sept. 1
Labor Day (no class)
Wed. Sept. 3
Measurement
1.6-1.8
Atomic Theory & Structure
2.1 - 2.3
Atomic Mass, Periodic Table
2.4 - 2.6
Chemical Substances
2.6-2.8
Reactions
2.9-2.10
Mon. Sept. 15
Mass/Moles
3.1-3.2
Wed. Sept. 17
First Exam
Chapters 1, 2
Determining Chemical Formulas
3.3-3.5
Mon. Sept. 22
Stoichiometry
3.6-3.8
Wed. Sept. 24
Ions, Chemical Reactions
4.1-4.3
Chemical Reaction
4.4-4.6
Solutions
4.7-4.8
Quantitative Analysis
4.9-4.10
Fri. Oct. 3
Thermochemistry
6.1-6.3
Mon. Oct. 6
Thermochemistry
6.4-6.6
Wed. Oct. 8
Second Exam
Chapters 3, 4, 6.1-6.3
Fri. Oct. 10
Thermochemistry
6.7-6.9
Mon. Oct. 13
Light Waves, Photons
7.1-7.2
Wed. Oct. 15
Bohr Theory, Quantum Mechanics
7.3-7.4
Fri. Oct. 17
Quantum Numbers, Atomic Orbitals
7.5
Fri. Sept. 5
Mon. Sept. 8
Wed. Sept. 10
Fri. Sept. 12
Fri. Sept. 19
Fri. Sept. 26
Mon. Sept. 29
Wed. Oct. 1
3
1.4 - 1.5
Mon. Oct. 20
Electronic Structure
8.1-8.2
Wed. Oct. 22
Electronic Structure
8.3-8.4
Fri. Oct. 24
Periodicity
8.5-8.6
Mon. Oct. 27
Periodicity
8.7
Wed. Oct. 29
Third Exam
Chapters 6.4-6.9, 7, 8.1-8.6
Fri. Oct. 31
Ionic Bonds
9.1-9.3
Mon. Nov. 3
Covalent Bonds
9.4-9.7
Wed. Nov. 5
Covalent Bonds
9.8-9.11
Molecular Geometry
10.1-10.2
Mon. Nov. 10
Bonding, Molecular Orbital Theory
10.3-10.4
Wed. Nov. 12
Molecular Orbital Theory
10.5-10.6
Fri. Nov. 14
Molecular Orbital Theory
10.6-10.7
Mon. Nov. 17
Special Topic: Proteins
24.3
Wed. Nov. 19
Fourth Exam
Chapters 8.7, 9, 10
Fri. Nov. 21
Gas Laws
5.1-5.2
Mon. Nov. 24
Gas Laws
5.3-5.5
Wed. Nov. 26
Thanksgiving Break (no class)
Fri. Nov. 28
Thanksgiving Break (no class)
Mon. Dec. 1
Gas Laws
5.6-5.7
Wed. Dec. 3
Review
1-5
Fri. Dec. 5
Review
6-10
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAMINATION
(8-10 AM)
All material
Fri. Nov. 7
Mon. Dec. 8
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RECITATION AND HOMEWORK SCHEDULE
Each week in recitation, the homework exercises specified below will be discussed. Students
will have the opportunity to ask questions about these exercises and also the relevant text and
lecture material. At the end of each recitation, students will be given a short quiz taken from that
week’s homework set. Recitation grades are based on quizzes, attendance, and participation.
Most assigned exercises use odd-numbered problems. The text book contains the answers to
these problems. The Solutions Manual contains detailed solutions to these problems. If you are
having difficulty, refer to the solutions manual to support your learning. You may wish to extend
your practice problems to even-numbered problems.
Week of:
August 25
September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6
October 13
October 20
October 27
November 3
November 10
November 17
November 24
December 1
Problems Due:
No recitations are held this week.
No recitation is held on Monday. No quizzes are given this week.
Chapter 1 37,41,45,47,51,52,53,55
Appendix Exercises 1,2,3,4
Chapter 1 27,57,61,63,65,67,77,79,81,82,83,89
Chapter 2 27,31,37,43,45,
Chapter 2 48,49,51,55,56,57,59,61,67,69,77,79,97,98ab,99
Review for the exam.
Chapter 3 21,27,35,37d,39,41cd,45acd,46,51,55,57ac,
65,67,69,71,75
Chapter 3 77,79,82,83,86,89,91,93,97
Chapter 4 29,31abc,33,34c,37ab,38c,41,43ab,51,57,58a,65
Chapter 4 71,73,83,84
Chapter 6 41,45,47,50
Review for the exam.
Chapter 6 51 [change to iron(iii)],53,55,56,59,61,62,71,72,73,
75,77,79,80,83
Chapter 7 35,37,38,43,44,45,49,50,53,57,58,61,63,69,70
Chapter 71,5,9,13,16,18,25,31 (do these after 35-70)
Chapter 8 41,42,43,45,47(use Cl),48,49,51,57,58,59
Chapter 8 2,3,5,7,11 (do these after 41-65)
Review for the exam.
Chapter 8 61,62,63,65
Chapter 9 35acd,37,38a,39,43
Chapter 9 51,55,57,58,59,61,62b,63a,65ac,67,68a,75
Chapter 10 33,34ab,35,36bd
Chapter 10 41,43,8,9
Review for the exam.
No recitations are held on Wednesday or Friday. No quizzes are
given this week.
Chapter 5 37,39,45
Chapter 5 57,61,81,29,30,32abc,33
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