FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Organic Chemistry I - SYLLABUS
CHM 2210-U02 Dr. Keller
Fall 2013 CP 327
Tuesday, Thursday 6:25-8:05 PM, AHC3-110 305-348-3081
TEXT: Solomons, Organic Chemistry, 11th Edition, John Wiley, New York, 2013.
PREREQUISITES: A full year of General Chemistry (2 semesters) with grades of C or better.
OFFICE HOURS: I will usually be available for brief discussions at the following times:
Monday, Wednesday: noon-12:30 PM and 3:00-3:30 PM, Friday noon-12:30, Tuesday, Thursday: 4:30-5:00.
If you require long discussions (over 15 minutes) please make an appointment. If you cannot find me, leave a voice mail
message.
GRADING POLICY: There will be 3 mid-term examinations and a final. The mid-term exams will be worth
100 points each, and the lowest grade will be dropped. The final exam will be
comprehensive and will count 200 points.
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE: 430 (100 each for the 2 highest midterms, 200 for the final exam, 30 for
Sapling)
Sapling Learning - Organic Chemistry Question Sets
Sapling's chemistry questions are delivered in a web browser to provide real-time grading, response-specific
coaching, improvement of problem-solving skills, and detailed answer explanations. Dynamic answer modules
enable one to interact with 3D models and figures, utilize drag-and-drop synthetic routes, and draw chemical
structures - including stereochemistry and curved arrows.
In order to begin working on your Sapling assignments:
1. Go to http://saplinglearning.com
2a. If you already have a Sapling Learning account, log in and skip to step 3.
2b. If you have Facebook account, you can use it to quickly create a SaplingLearning account. Click the blue
button with the Facebook symbol on it (just to the left of the username field). The form will auto-fill with
information from your Facebook account (you may need to log into Facebook in the popup window first).
Choose a password and timezone, accept the site policy agreement, and click "Create my new account". You
can then skip to step 3.
2c. Otherwise, click "Create Account. Supply the requested information and click "Create My New Account".
Check your email (and spam filter) for a message from Sapling Learning and click on the link provided in that
email.
3. Find your course in the list (you may need to expand the subject and term categories) and click the link:
Florida International University - CHM 2210 Fall13 - KELLER
4. Select a payment option and follow the remaining instructions.
5. Work on the Sapling Learning training materials. The activities, videos, and information pages will familiarize
you with the Sapling Learning user environment and serve as tutorials for efficiently drawing molecules,
stereochemistry, etc. within the Sapling Learning answer modules. These training materials are already
accessible in your Sapling Learning course.
Once you have registered and enrolled, you can log in at any time to complete or review your homework
assignments. During sign up - and throughout the term - if you have any technical problems or grading issues,
send an email to
[email protected] explaining the issue. The Sapling support team is almost
always more able (and faster) to resolve issues than your instructor.
SAPLING GRADING POLICY: Please ensure that you are signed up correctly (especially your PantherID number) as
this will ensure that you get points for your work at the end of the semester.
There will be two sets of questions for each chapter: 10-15 questions for practice and 10-15 questions for credit. You
will receive all 30 points at the end of the semester (out of 430 total points [see above under GRADING POLICY]) if
you have an average of 80% or higher on each of the for-credit assignments. If you have lower than an 80% average,
you will receive fewer than 30 points at the end of the semester. You can attempt a for-credit problem as many times as
youd like, but there will be a 5% point deduction on that question for each unsuccessful attempt. You will receive no
credit for a given question if you look at the correct answer before submitting your final answer. You may attempt
practice questions as many times as you wish. For-credit questions will be available until the day of the midterm exam.
After the deadline, questions may be used for practice until the end of the semester
BLACKBOARD: On Blackboard you will find the course syllabus, PowerPoint slides of lectures, assigned textbook
questions for practice, midterm exam scores, answer keys to exams, practice exams, and any important announcements.
TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE
August 27 Chapter 1,2 Carbon Compds, Bonding,
Functional Groups
October 24 Chapter 7 Alkenes & Alkynes I
29 Chapter 1,2 Contd 29 EXAM II Chapters 4,5,6
15 Chapter 1,2 Contd 31 Chapter 7 Contd
September 3 Chapter 1,2 Orbitals, Hybridization,
Shapes, Physical
Properties
November 5 Chapter 7 Contd
5 Chapter 3 Acids & Bases
7 Chapter 8 Alkenes II: Addition Reactions
10 Chapter 3 Contd 12 Chapter 8 Contd
12 Chapter 4 Nomenclature &
Conformations
14 Chapter 8 Contd
17 EXAM I Chapters 1,2,3 19 Chapter 10 Free Radicals
19 Chapter 4 Contd 21 Chapter 11 Alcohols and Ethers
24 Chapter 4 Contd 26 EXAM III Chapters 7,8,10
26 Chapter 5 Stereochemistry December 3 Chapter 11 Alcohols and Ethers (Contd)
October 1 Chapter 5 Contd 5 Chapter 12 Alcohols from Carbonyls
3 Chapter 5 Contd December
12
5:00-7:00
PM
FINAL
EXAM
Comprehensive
(Chapters 1-8, 10-12)
8 Chapter 5 Contd
10 Chapter 6 Nucleophilic Substitution
15 Chapter 6 Contd
17 Chapter 6 Contd
22 Chapter 6 Contd
