Schedule • Spring 2009

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Week Day Activity
(Due Date) (OWL Homework is always due by 11:59 p.m. on Sundays.)
1 T, Jan 13 Lecture: Intro., Syllabus, Website, OWL, i>Clicker; Sec. 1.1-1.9
R, Jan 15 Lecture: Sec. 1.10-1.17; functional groups
Su, Jan 18 OWL: Intro to OWL 1-4
2 M, Jan 19 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; No Classes
T, Jan 20 Lecture: Sec. 2.1-2.11
R, Jan 22 Lecture: Sec. 2.12-2.22
F, Jan 23 Add/Drop Deadline
Su, Jan 25 OWL: Ch. 1-Structure Determines Properties; Ch. 1-Acids & Bases
3 T, Jan 27 Lecture: Sec. 3.1-3.8
R, Jan 29 Lecture: Sec. 3.9-3.15
Su, Feb 1 OWL: Ch. 2 & 3-Alkanes & Cycloalkanes
4 T, Feb 3 Lecture: Sec. 4.1-4.11
R, Feb 5 Lecture: Sec. 4.12-4.18
Su, Feb 8 OWL: Ch. 4-Alcohols; Ch. 4-Alkyl Halides
5 M, Feb 9 Exam 1 (60 min; Chapters 1-4)
T, Feb 10 Lecture: Sec. 13.1-13.2, 13.21-13.25
R, Feb 12 Lecture: 13.3-13.12
Su, Feb 15 OWL: Ch. 13-Infrared Spectroscopy; Ch. 13-Mass Spectrometry
6 T, Feb 17 Lecture: Sec. 13.13-13.16
R, Feb 19 Lecture: Spectroscopy Practice
F, Feb 20 Withdraw Deadline
Su, Feb 22 OWL: Ch. 13- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
7 T, Feb 24 Lecture: Sec. 5.1-5.11
R, Feb 26 Lecture: Sec. 5.12-5.18
Su, Mar 1 OWL: Ch. 5-Structure & Prep. of Alkenes: Elimination Reactions.
8 T, Mar 3 Lecture: Sec. 6.1-6.11
R, Mar 5 Lecture: Sec. 6.12-6.22
Su, Mar 8 OWL: Ch. 6-Addition Reactions of Alkenes
9 M, Mar 9 Exam 2 (60 min; Chapters 13, 5, & 6)
T, Mar 10 Lecture: Sec. 7.1-7.8
R, Mar 12 Lecture : Sec. 7.9-7.13
Su, Mar 15 OWL: Ch. 7-Stereochemistry
10 T, Mar 17 Lecture: Sec. 8.1-8.7
R, Mar 19 Lecture: Sec. 8.8-8.13
XX Mar 23-29 Spring Break, No Classes
29-Mar OWL: Ch. 8-Nucleophilic Substitution
11 T, Mar 31 Lecture: Sec. 9.1-9.7
R, Apr 2 Lecture: Sec. 9.8-9.14
Su, Apr 5 OWL: Ch. 9-Alkynes
12 M, Apr 6 Exam 3 (60 min; Chapters 7-9)
T, Apr 7 Lecture: Sec. 10.1-10.14
R, Apr 9 Lecture: Sec. 10.15-10.17
13 T, Apr 14 Lecture: Sec. 11.1-11.9
R, Apr 16 Lecture: Sec. 11.10-11.19
Su, Apr 19 OWL: Ch. 10-Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
14 T, Apr 21 Lecture: Sec. 11.20-11.24
R, Apr 23 Lecture: Sec. 12.1-12.8
Su, Apr 26 OWL: Ch. 11-Arenes & Aromaticity
15 T, Apr 28 Lecture: Sec. 12.9-12.14
R, Apr 30 Lecture: 12.15-12.18
Su, May 3 OWL: Ch. 12-Reactions of Arenes: Electrophilic Aromatic Subst.
16 TBA Final Exam (120 min, Comprehensive)