Chem 143: Organic Chemistry

Lectures
Mon/Wed/Fri 10:10 - 11:00am, Angell room B203
Lecture start and end times are according to the lecture room clock

Laboratory
Tue or Thurs 8:00 - 10:40am, Cook A339

Office Hours
Feel free to drop by my office any time.  If you need to see me at a specific time, please make an appointment. 

Email Questions
The class has a mailing list, chem143@list.uvm.edu.  Feel free to use this as a forum to discuss the class, and any other chemistry related stuff.  Feel free to send me email, I'll usually respond the same day.  Unless you specifically state otherwise, your emails to me will not appear on the mailing list.

Required Text and Course Materials
Organic Chemistry 8th Ed by Solomons and Fryhle
Techniques and Experiments for Organic Chemistry 6th Ed by Ault
Bound lab notebook with numbered pages (eg UVM Bookstore Item No. 77571)

Recommended Course Materials
Organic Chemistry 8th Ed Study Guide by Solomons and Fryhle
HGS Molecular Structure Model Set

Organization for Spring Semester

Exams 4 x 200 points 80 % Laboratory 200 points 20%   100%

Lecture Notes
Skeleton notes are provided as pdf files.  You can print these out before the lecture, and annotate them as you wish.

Lectures 1-3: Carbon Compounds and Chemical Bonds Lectures 4-6: Representative Carbon Compounds Lectures 7-10: Alkanes Lectures 11-13: Stereochemistry - Chiral Molecules Lectures 14-16: Organic Reactions - Acids and Bases Lectures 17-20: Ionic Reactions - Reactions of Alkyl Halides Lectures 21-24: Alkenes and Alkynes - Properties and Synthesis Lectures 25-27: Alkenes and Alkynes - Addition Reactions Lecture 28: Synthetic Strategies Lectures 29-30: Radical Reactions Lectures 31-34: Alcohols and Ethers Lectures 35-36: Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds

Syllabus Laboratory

About Exams

Exams 1-3 will be 1 hour in class. Same time, same place. The format will be to answer four out of eight questions. Unanswered questions will constitute a graded homework. The fourth and last exam is in the Final Final Exam slot, and will be 2 hours with all questions to be attempted, no graded homework. Absence from an exam requires prior approval from the instructor. If you have any scheduling conflicts, please notify Dr. Case prior to the exam to reschedule. Exams are closed-book, closed-note exams; no class materials may be used and no outside help may be used. Graded homeworks are open-book. Due to potential scheduling conflicts, you are not allowed to discuss the exams with anyone else until the answer key is posted.

Test 1:  Friday 9/24 lectures 1 -10
Test 2:  Friday 10/22 lectures 11 - 20
Test 3:  Friday 11/12 lectures 21 - 27
Test 4:  Final exam slot lectures 28 - 36