Chem 202

Course Title:                 Organic Chemistry

 

Course Number:          Chemistry 202 F                                  

 

Credit Hour:                   Lecture: 4 credit hours (four lecture hours per week)

 

 

Semester Course Offered: Fall / Winter                                 Instructor : Arun Datta

 

 

Catalog Description:

      Course covers nomenclature, preparation, properties and reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, organic nitrogen and sulfur containing compounds, carbohydrates, proteins and synthetic polymers. Infrared, Ultraviolet and NMR spectroscopy are also introduced.

 

 

Prerequisites: Chemistry 101-102. Chemistry 201 E and 201 F courses are highly recommended.

 

 

Corequisite: Chemistry 202 G (Organic Chemistry Laboratory)

 

 

Topical Course Outline:

      This course is designed to stress fundamental principles of organic chemistry for those students planning to go on to advanced scientific work in medicine, chemistry, chemical engineering, and allied fields. It presents to the student a selected body of factual and theoretical material which is the result of experiment, and shows how this material is used in the development and practice of the science. A large number of exercises and problems are assigned to help the student acquire facility in handling reactions discussed. The application of facts and theories to the solution of actual problems is of great importance to understanding and appreciating organic chemistry. This course presents a basic core of physical and chemical properties by the functional group approach stressing the important specific reactions of organic compounds. It emphasizes fundamental general concepts such as: 

         Formation and breaking of chemical bonds in organic compounds

         Nature of acid-base reactions

         Principles of stereochemical relationships

         Recognition of reactive sites in an organic molecule

         The geometry of molecules

         The use of infrared, ultraviolet and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra to develop the concept of structure

         Introduction to Biological Chemistry

 

Teaching Methods: 

      Lecture, discussion, problem solving in the class.

 

Text:

      John McMurry: Text and Study Guide

Transferability:

               The lecture portion transfers as a standard second semester Organic Chemistry course.        

 

Grading Criteria:

      Lecture: The lowest test and quiz grades will be dropped when final grades are calculated. Final grades are determined as follows.

 

      Tests and quizzes                                        70%

      Final Comprehensive Exam                      30%

 

Contribution to specific programs at the college:

               This is a required course for pharmacy, pre-dental, pre-medical, med-tech, chemistry major and chemical engineering programs.

Course Number:          Chemistry 202 G                               Section Number: 361

 

 

Semester Course is offered: Fall / Winter                             Instructor:   Arun Datta

 

 

Contact Hour:               Laboratory: 1 credit, 4 contact hours per week

 

 

Prerequisites: Chemistry 101-102. Chemistry 201 E and 201 F courses are highly recommended.

 

 

Corequisite: Chemistry 202 F (Organic Chemistry Lecture)

 

 

Catalog Description:

 

The laboratory work includes Diels Alder and ylid reactions, various multistep organic syntheses, qualitative analysis of typical organic compounds using spectral evidence as well as simple tests.

             

 

Week                           Laboratory Experiments

 

1-6            Identification of various classes of unknown organic compounds

 

7                         Literature search for assigned organic compounds

 

8                         Reactivities of aromatic compounds

 

9                         Formation of Diels-Alder adduct

 

10                     Nitration of Methyl Benzoate (Macroscale)

 

11                     Preparation of Benzil

 

12                     Synthesis and reaction of Luminol (Macroscale)

 

13                     Benzoin Condensation reaction

 

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Transferability:

               The lecture portion transfers as a standard second semester Organic Chemistry course.

However some schools may require additional laboratory work. Occasionally some   schools waive one term of biochemistry if the student has had 202.

 

Text:

      Pavia, Lampman, Kriz & Engel: Organic Laboratory Techniques, a Microscale Approach

 

 

Grading Criteria:

     

      Notebook (checked twice)                                                                          40%

      Unknowns                                                                                                     30%