CHEM 243-101: Organic Chemistry I

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Chemistry Tutoring Center: Located in the Central King Building, Lower Level, Rm. G12. Hours of operation are Monday – Friday 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. For further information please click here. Accommodation of Disabilities: Office of Accessibility Resources and Services (formerly known as Disability Support Services) offers long term and temporary accommodations for undergraduate, graduate and visiting students at NJIT. If you are in need of accommodations due to a disability please contact Chantonette Lyles, Associate Director at the Office of Accessibility Resources and Services at or via email at . The office is located in Fenster Hall Room 260. A Letter of Accommodation Eligibility from the Office of Accessibility Resources Services office authorizing your accommodations will be required. For further information regarding self-identification, the submission of medical documentation and additional support services provided please visit the Accessibility Resources and Services (OARS) website at: Important Dates (See: Fall 2020 Academic Calendar, Registrar) Date Day Event September 1, 2020 T First Day of Classes September 5, 2020 Sat Saturday Classes begin September 7, 2020 M Labor Day September 8, 2020 T Monday Classes September 8, 2020 T Last day to add or drop classes September 8, 2020 T Last day for 100% refund, Full or Partial W iwithdrawal September 9, 2020 W W Grades posted for course withdrawals September 14, 2020 M Last Day for 90 % Refund. Full or Partial W September 28, 2020 October 19, 2020 November 9, 2020 November 25, 2020 November 26, 2020 November 29,2020 December 10, 2020 December 11, 2020 December 12, 2020 December 13, 2020 December 14, 2020 December 15, 2020 December 21, 2020 December 23, 2020 M M M W TH Su Th F Sat Su M T M W Last Day for 50% Refund Full W Last Day for 25% Refund Full W Last Day to Withdraw Friday Classes meet Thanksgiving Recess begins Thanksgiving Recess Ends Last Day of Classes Reading Day 1 Saturday Classes Meet Sunday Classes Meet Reading Day 2 Final Exams Begin Final Exams End Final Grades Due Materials To Be Covered and Exam Schedule Chapter 1: Structure and Bonding Chapter 2: Acids and Bases: Functional Groups Chapter 3: Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes Exam 1: February 17, 2020 Chapter 4: The Study of Chemical Reactions Chapter 5: Stereochemistry Chapter 6: Alkyl Halide, Nucleophilic Substitution Exam 2: March 9, 2020 Chapter 7: Structure and Synthesis of Alkenes: Elimination Chapter 8: Reactions of Alkenes Chapter 9: Alkynes Exam 3: April 20, 2020 Chapter 10: Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols Chapter 11: Reactions of Alcohols Chapter 12: Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass spectrometry (If time permits) The final exam will be cumulative. Before each Exam there will be a Quiz which covers one or two chapters. Take the Quizzes seriously as they add up to one Exam grade. There may be a fourth quiz depending on time. If there is a fourth quiz one quiz will be dropped. Problems in the body of the chapter are assigned and selected problems at the end of the chapter. These will not be collected. You have answers to these problems. To do well in the course it is important to do these problems. The grade will be determined from a total of 400 points.. 100 points will be dropped from the total of 500 points.. Either the quizzes (100 points) or the lowest of the three exams will be dropped. Makeup exams are not encouraged and will be given if you have an excusefrom the dean of students or a doctor’s note. If you must miss an exam contact me before the exam or immediately after. Makeups will be given at specified times. Makeup should be taken within the first week of the exam and before exams are given back. The final exam will not be dropped. The final grades will be curved. Attendance is required and will be taken into consideration when grades are computed. Outcomes Upon completing organic chemistry I, the student should have an understanding in the following areas: 1. Lewis structures, condensed structures and structural formulas of organic compounds 2. Understand the geometry resulting from atomic orbital hybridization 3. Know how electronegativity and resonance causes charge distribution on molecules 4. Understand how intermolecular forces affect the boiling points and melting points 5. Interpret 3D representations of molecular structures 6. Know reaction intermediates and their relative stabilities 7. Understand how kinetics, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics describe chemical 8. Draw the structures of the products given specific reactants rea