Organic Chemistry 2 (CHEM 212)
Spring 2008
Prof. W. P. Malachowski
Office: Park 270
Phone: Ext. 5016
e-mail: wmalacho@brynmawr.edu
web page: http://www.brynmawr.edu/chemistry/malachowski
course web page: http://www.brynmawr.edu/chemistry/malachowski/OChem2/OChem2.html

Class Meetings:
Section 1 (Undergraduates Only): Mon., Wed., Fri. 10:10-11:00 AM; recitation: Fri. 2:10-3:00 PM (Park 25)
Section 2: Mon., Wed., Fri. 11:10-Noon; recitation: Fri. 9:10-10:00 AM
All class meetings will be held in Park 180 except as noted.  Class cancellations, i.e. for inclement weather, will be posted on the course website and/or communicated via e-mail.

Office Hours:  Wed. 2:00-3:00 PM, Thurs. 4:00-5:00 PM, and by appointment

Lecture Textbook: Organic Chemistry, Fourth Edition, by G. M. Loudon

Class Schedule:

Date (Lecture No.)

Lecture Title

Corresponding Text Sections

Associated Questions

Jan. 23 (1)

"Introduction to Course" and "Dienes Introduction"

15.1, 25.1A

15.1, 15.2ab, 25.2abcdef, 15.4

Jan. 25 (2) 

"UV/vis Spectroscopy" and "Resonance"

15.2, 15.6

15.10, 25-28, 34, 42ac

Jan. 25 (3)

recitation: "Diels-Alder Reaction"

15.3, 25.3

15.11-18, 47, 49, 62bdf, 25.10

Jan. 28 (4) 

"Diels-Alder Reaction" cont.

  "        "

  "        "

Jan. 30 (5) 

"Kinetic and Thermodynamic Control of Reactions"

15.4

15.20-22, 35, 54

Feb. 1

recitation

 

 

Feb. 1 (6)

"Aromaticity"

 15.7 (16.6)

15.29, 31, 32, 38, 39, 41bc, 60

Feb. 4 (7)

"Benzene Introduction" and "Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution: Halogenation, Nitration and Sulfonation"

16.1, 16.4A-D

16.11, 16.57


Feb. 6 (8) 

"Friedel-Crafts Reactions"

16.4EF (19.12)

16.14ab, 16-19, 31de

Feb. 8

recitation

 

 

Feb. 8 (9)

"Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions of Substituted Benzenes"

16.5

16.20a, 21, 23acde, 24a, 27ab, 28, 29,  31abcf, 32, 38abcdegij, 39bc, 40b, 48, 53abdf, 55

Feb. 11 (10)

"Allylic and Benzylic Reactivity" and "Nucleophilic Substitution and Oxidation of Allylic and Benzylic Sites"

17.1-5

17.1a, 2a, 3a, 5, 6bc, 9, 10b, 16abc, 19, 20, 21acde, 23, 25, 31a, 32bcdefgi, 33ade, 39a, 40, 41

Feb. 13 (11)

"Nucleophilic Substitution of Aryl Halides"

18.1, 18.3, 18.4

18.1a, 3-6, 42ab, 56abde, 59, 65a, 68

Feb. 15

recitation

 

 

Feb. 15 (12) 

"Resonance and Acidity"

18.6

18.23ac, 38ae

Feb. 18 (13)

open

 

    

Feb. 20 (14)

"Introduction to Ketones and Aldehydes"

19.1, 19.4-6

19.1aceg, 2 abcdf, 11ab, 13ab

Feb. 22

recitation

 

 

Feb. 22 (15)

"Nucleophilic Additions to Ketones and Aldehydes"

19.7-9

19.14, 15a, 17, 18ac, 19a-c, 20, 21a-df, 22, 37abdh, 38ab, 39a, 40a, 43e, 47abcefgh, 48, 54a, 55a, 56a, 57

Feb. 25 (16)

"Carbohydrates"

 

27.1, 2, 3, 10, 11A

27.1, 2, 3cde, 4ab, 5, 7, 36bd, 37abc, 38c, 39ac, 62ab

Feb. 27 (17)

"Carbohydrates" (continued)

 

 

Feb. 29

recitation

 

 

Feb. 29

EXAM 1

  Content: Ch. 15-18, and 19 (part)

 

Mar. 3 (18)

 "Nucleophilic Additions to Ketones and Aldehydes: Part 2"

 19.10-12

 19.23ab, 24ab, 25ab, 26, 27ac, 28, 30ab, 31, 37efgm, 38eg, 41, 43a-d, 46a, 47ikl, 50ab, 56d

Mar. 5 (19)

"Wittig Reaction"

19.13
 

19.33ab, 34a-c, 37cil, 38d, 40b, 43fg, 47d, 56c 

Mar. 7

recitation

 

 

Mar. 7 (20)

"Introduction to Carboxylic Acids"

20.1, 4

20.1a-f, 2a-df, 24b, 28ac, 38a

Mar. 8-16

Spring Break

 

 

Mar. 17 (21)

"Synthesis and Reactions of Carboxylic Acids"

20.6, 7, 8

20.9ab, 10ab, 11abcd, 12ac, 24afg, 25a, 36abc, 38c, 40, 45bfg, 48abf, 50a

Mar. 19 (22)

"Conversion to Acid Chlorides and Anhydrides"

20.9

20.14a, 15b, 16, 17, 18a, 24ehi, 25cd, 44ac

Mar. 21 

recitation

 

 

Mar. 21 (23)

"Reduction of Acids and Decarboxylation"

20.10, 11

20.19a, 20ab, 21ab, 24cd, 36def, 45a, 46a

Mar. 24 (24)

"Introduction to Carboxylic Acid Derivatives"

21.1A-F, 2

21.1cdfh, 2abcf, 3

Mar. 26 (25)

"Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution"

21.6, 7

21.10a, 11, 14abd, 31ab, 32a, 40a, 52a

Mar. 28

recitation

 

 

Mar. 28 (26)

"Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution" cont.

21.8

21.15ab, 16abcd, 18bd, 31cfgh, 32bcfghi, 38ab, 40a, 41d, 44, 45a, 52bcdel, 55dg

Mar. 31 (27)

"Reduction of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Reactions with Organometallic Reagents"

21.9-11

19abc, 20bc, 21, 24b, 25ab, 26, 28, 31de, 32de, 33c, 34, 36, 40b, 41abcef, 52fgij, 55ef

Apr. 2 (28)

"Enolates and Enols"

22.1, 2 (14.5)

22.1, 3, 6, 7abd, 9ab, 11a, 53, 55ab, 61a, 63ac, 64b, 82d

Apr. 4

recitation

 

 

Apr. 4

EXAM 2

Content: Ch. 19 (part), 20, 21 and 27

 

Apr. 7 (29)

"Reactions of Enolates and Enols"

22.3

22.12a, 14ab, 16ab, 57ab, 71f, 73k

Apr. 9 (30)

"The Aldol Reaction"

22.4

 22.19a, 20, 22abcdegh, 23, 36, 71e, 78a, 83a

Apr. 11

recitation

 

 

Apr. 11 (31)

"Crossed and Intramolecular Aldol Reactions"

22.4

 

Apr. 14 (32)

 "The Claisen Condensation"

22.5

 22.24bce, 25ab, 27b, 28abc, 29ab, 30ab

Apr. 16 (33) 

 "Alkylation of Enolates"

22.7

 22.33abc, 34, 35abc, 37ab, 38a, 71ab, 73dl, 78c, 79ac

Apr. 18

recitation

 

 

Apr. 18 (34)

"Conjugate Addition Reactions"

22.8A, B

22.40a-d, 41a, 42ab, 43b, 47bcd, 48dfg, 69, 73e, 79f, 80a, 82h

Apr. 21 (35)

"Michael Addition and Organocuprate Conjugate Addition Reactions"

22.8C, 22.9-11

22.44, 45ab, 46ab, 48ce, 49e, 73ab, 79bg

Apr. 23 (36)

"Introduction to Amines"

23.1, 2, 5AB, 12

23.1abde, 2acd, 8ac, 38ab, 40abc, 43ab, 44, 49e, 53a

Apr. 25

recitation

 

 

Apr. 25 (37) 

"Synthesis of Amines"

23.7AB, 11

23.14, 16a, 17, 20a, 21a, 22, 31, 32, 34, 39bg, 40dfgik, 49ab, 50d, 55ab, 59bc, 60cdhi, 71b

Apr. 28 (38)

"Reactions of Amines"

23.8, 10AC

23.26b, 38cefh, 39ae, 50ab, 53e, 60km

Apr. 30 (39)

"Amino Acids"

26.1, 2, 3AB

26.1, 2, 3a, 4, 5a, 6, 7, 8ac, 36a-d, 48, 62, 67a

May 2

recitation

 

 

May 2

EXAM 3

Content: Ch. 22 and 23

 

May 8, 9:30 AM-12:30 PM

FINAL EXAM in PSB 25 and 180

cumulative

 

 

Book Sections Omitted: 14.1-4, 6-10; 15.5; 16.2, 3, 7; 17.6; 18.2, 5, 7-10; 19.2, 3, 15; 20.2, 3, 5; 21.1G, 3, 4, 5, 12; 22.6;  23.2, 3, 4, 5CDE, 6, 9; 24; 25.1BC, 2, 4-7; 26.3C, 4-11; 27.4-9, 11B, 12.

Associated Questions: Questions are listed for your practice they will not be collected or graded.  By working through the questions, you will be involved in "active learning", a proven method for success in academic studies.  As we progress through the text, questions become more complex and will frequently draw upon multiple concepts to obtain the correct answer.  Complex questions with multiple concepts have been placed in a lecture topic that I believe is the most important to obtaining the correct answer or understanding the essence of the problem.  The answers to all assigned questions from your "Organic Chemistry" textbook can be found in the "Study Guide and Solutions Manual" that accompanies the textbook.  A copy of the "Study Guide and Solutions Manual" is on reserve in Collier Library.

Exams:
There will be three fifty-minute exams on the dates shown on the lecture schedule.  All three exams will count towards your final grade.  However, if you achieve a higher grade on your final exam than on one of your semester exams, I will substitute the final exam percent score for your lower semester exam.  An exam missed for a legitimate reason (illness or family emergency) can be rescheduled for another time shortly after the original exam date.  Students who miss exams without a reasonable cause will receive a zero for the exam.
-Molecular modeling kits may be used during an exam to assist you in answering the questions.
-Exam answers will be posted on the course web page.

Final Exam: There will be a three-hour scheduled final exam from 9:30 AM-12:30 PM on Thurs. May 8 without lecture notes, textbook or any other associated course materials.

Laboratory: Dr. Maryellen Nerz-Stormes (Park 170) is in charge of the laboratory portion of the course.

Course Grading:
    Lecture Assignments

Semester Exams

100 pts. each (x 3)

300 pts.

Final Exam

150 pts.

150 pts.

 

Total Points:

450 pts.


    The Course Grade will be determined by the following formula:

        (Lecture Grade as a Percent of Total Points) x 0.70 + (Lab Grade as a Percent of Total Points) x 0.30= Course Percent

 


    Approximate Grading Scheme:

93-100%  4.0 (A)

70-73%   2.0 (C)

89-92%    3.7 (A-)

66-69%   1.7 (C-)

85-88%    3.3 (B+)

62-67%   1.3 (D+)

81-84%    3.0 (B)

58-61%  1.0 (D)

77-80%    2.7 (B-)

<57%  0.0 (F)

73-76%    2.3 (C+)

 

     I reserve the right to make modifications to this scheme when I consider it necessary.

    The grading scheme will be established based on the course averages of the undergraduate students only.  After the grading scheme has been developed, all students will receive grades based on the undergraduate-only grade scheme.

Students with Disabilities:  Students who think they may need accommodations in this course because of the impact of a disability are encouraged to meet with me privately early in the semester.  Students should also contact Stephanie Bell, Coordinator of Access Services, at 610-526-7351 or sbell@brynmawr.edu, as soon as possible to verify their eligibility for reasonable accommodations.  Early contact will help to avoid unnecessary inconvenience and delays.