CHEM 322: Organic Chemistry

Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30pm-10:45 pm

Dr. John T. Koh, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

University of Delaware

Office: BRL 273,

phone 831-1947

email johnkoh@udel.edu

UD Capture:  http://udcapture.udel.edu/2013f/chem311-011/

This Class Uses Out of Class (SATURDAY) Exams:

All CHEM321 sections will participate in common out-of-class exams

Saturdays, 10am - 12 noon (2-hrs)

    Exam 1: September 28th

    Exam 2: October 26th

    Exam 3: November 16th.

    Final TBA

Getting Help: 

Lab Rescheduling:  All lab sections are currently full, you must obtain permission to attend a different lab section than your normally scheduled lab.  If you need to reschedule a lab because of an excused absence, please contact Linda Staib in the chemistry office at: x-24645 or lstaib@UDel.Edu

Recitation Sections:

    Tuesdays, 3:30pm - 4:45pm, MEM 111 - JE

    Wednesdays, 5:30-7pm, ALS 221  - WR

    Thursdays, 6-7:30pm, MEM 111  - WR

    Fridays, 3:35-4:50pm, SHL 130  - JE

These sessions are run by two very well qualified, highly articulate and all around very talented doctoral students Jennifer Eddie (jweddy@udel.edu) and William Reid (wreid@UDel.Edu).  Sessions will focus on practical problem solving skills with an emphasis on "exam-style" questions.

Tutoring Sessions from the Academic Enrichment Center:

    Every Monday 7-9 PM in Sharp 118.

    Pre-exam Thursday nights from 7:30-9:30 Gore 222.

Professor Koh’s Office hours: Room (273 BRL). 

        Tuesday 11:00-12:00

         Friday 3:00-5:00 pm

List of tutors: Still need more help?  The Chemistry Department Office maintains a list of tutors.   Linda Staib in the chemistry office at: x-24645 or lstaib@UDel.Edu

Texts and course materials:

1. •Chemistry, third edition, Maitland Jones, Jr.
   

2. •Organic Chemistry Study Guide/Solutions Manual, Jones & Gingrich
   

3. •Molecular models: You are required to have a set of molecular models.  I recommend Molecular Visions “Darling Models” (www.molecularvisions.com) but any reasonable ball and stick set will suffice provided it has >12 carbon (SP3) atoms. 
   

4. •CHEM 321-322 Laboratory Manual
   

5. •Lab Notebook: [NOTE CHANGE] Hayden-McNeil Student Lab Notebook with carbonless duplicate (or functional equivalent)
   

6. •Goggles: You must have an approved pair of safety goggles for the lab!
   

Examinations and Grading:

Three one-hour exams (100 points each) will be given on Saturdays.

Excused absences from examinations must conform to university policies and must be accompanied by appropriate written documentation.  All requests for excused absences must be done in writing. 

Final exam (TBA) will be worth 150 points. 

 

REGRADING POLICIES

If you believe that there is an error in the grading of your exam, you may submit it for regarding. The following protocol MUST be followed:

1. Regrade requests must be submitted within one week from the date they are returned to you.

2. You must include with your paper a written account of which questions you want regraded, and why (e.g. “adding error”).

3. You must sign your name to the written account mentioned above.

IT IS A VIOLATION OF BOTH THIS POLICY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE HONOR CODE TO CHANGE ANSWERS ON YOUR EXAMINATION BEFORE SUBMITTING THE EXAMINATION FOR REGRADING.

Copies of exams are scanned and will be compared with that those resubmitted for a regrade. Students who alter an exam answer and submit it for regrade will be prosecuted through the University of Delaware Office of Student Conduct.

It is strongly recommended that you either refrain from making study notes on your original exam, or to use a different color ink or pencil to delineate your notes from your original answer.

Makeup Exams, should you have an excused absence for an exam, a make-up exam session will be offered.  The makeup exam will be different from the general class exam.  If you cannot attend the makeup exam session, it will be the instructor’s prerogative to issue a makeup exam or to drop the exam and prorate your grade based on the remaining examinations. Non-excused absences from exams will be assigned the grade of zero.  You must take the final exam to receive a completed grade for the course. 

How your grade will be calculated:

Your grade will be based on the earned percentage out of the total possible points from exams (300)+ final (150) + lab (100) = 550 points.

A curve may be applied to the final grades: The last time I taught this course the grade scale was approximately:

    A's > 85 %  (~468/550 pts)

    B's > 77 %  (~423/550 pts)

    C's > 60 %  (~330/550 pts)

    D's > 47 %  (~259/550 pts)

This scale should only be used as a guide! 

Note a plus/minus grading scale will be used. 

Assigned Problems:

Do all of the assigned problems for each chapter. These problems have been selected because they represent key concepts you need to know.  You are highly encouraged to do additional problems and/or seek assistance (recitation session or office hours) if your have trouble with the assigned problems.  Assigned problems should be completed for each chapter during the same week as the material is covered in class.  Assigned problems will not be collected or graded.