Western Nevada College

Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE)

CHEM 242/242L Organic Chemistry II.

Course WEB site

***last update: 14 April 2011***

Sp ’11 semester

This site is always under construction so keep checking back often for updates

Michael B. Sady, Professor of Chemistry

Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Division

  

Required textbook: 

“Organic Chemistry”, 5th or 6th or 7th edition, by Francis A. Carey, McGraw-Hill: New York. Any new/used 8th or 7th edition will work. See the following link for details: http://www.mhhe.com/carey6

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*Chronological weekly topic outline of textbook chapter / lab exercise 1-12  

 

1.  01/25 Tuesday: read Ch. 15 Alcohols, Diols, Thiols

01/27 Thursday: Meet in REYN 113 for lecture on Ch 16 (no lab today) Ch. 16 Ethers, Epoxides, Sulfides

 

Ch. 15 problems: 15.18 a,b,d,g; .22a,b (.24a,b 7th); .28a,d,h (.30a,d,h 7th); .42 (.47 7th)

 

Ch. 16 problems: 16.24, 16.25a (E-2), b(SN2);

 

2.  02/01 Tuesday: No class today

                 - due to teacher absence for the EPSCoR meeting at DRI-Reno.

02/03 Thursday- lab today #1 meet in ASP 201 at 230pm:

Prep Methyl Salicylate/ Prep Methyl Benzoate Day 1 Williamson  1

Please bring your lab notebook and goggles and wear appropriate clothing - aprons and gloves provided. We will be using the distillation glassware kits and heating mantle apparatus.

http://courses.chem.psu.edu/chem36/Experiments/Exp84.pdf

           

3.  02/08 Tuesday Ch. 17 Aldehydes and Ketones

     Ch. 17 problems: 17.22a,b,c; .23d,eg; .24; .25a,c,d,r; .51

 

02/10 Thursday meet in ASP 201 for laboratory exercise #2:

 Prep Methyl Benzoate Day 2 Williamson 2

   

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/ProductDetail.do?N4=W268313|ALDRICH&N5=Product%20No.|BRAND_KEY&F=SPEC

 

 

4.  02/15 Tuesday Ch. 18 Carboxylic Acids

     Ch. 18 problems: 18.13a,b,c; 18.17 all

 

02/17 Thursday laboratory exercise #3 (IR analysis of Methyl Benzoate) Williamson 3

 http://orgchem.colorado.edu/hndbksupport/irtutor/estersir.html

 

5.  02/22 Tuesday Ch. 19 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives (Esters)

     Ch. 19 problems: 19.27h, i, .28b, h

 

02/24 Thursday: Meet to Review for exam #1 in REYN 113 not the lab4

          (Note: There is no voyage to UNR Chem dept planned)

6.  01 March Tuesday -  Test #1 230-345pm

(Ch 20 lecture after exam) Ch. 20 Enolates  / Try problems: 20.51

 

 

      03/03 Thursday- Lab # 5: “Steam Distillation of Cloves” Eugenol IR spectra5

http://www.cerlabs.com/experiments/10875407226.pdf

 

 7.      03/08 Tuesday - Ch. 21 Amines

Ch. 21 problems: 21.24a,b, 21.25a,b,c,d, 21.29, 21.30, 21.33a,b

 

http://www.softconference.com/ACSchem/slist.asp?C=3842

 

03/10 Thursday Meet in Mike Sady’s office ASP 224 as scheduled for PPT projects6-7

 

8.     03/15 Tuesday  Ch. 22   Phenols /

Ch 22 problems: 22.13a-f, 22.15a,b

 

03/17 Thursday Meet in Mike Sady’s office ASP 224 as scheduled for PPT projects6-7

 

 

++WNC Spring break no classes 03/21 to 03/27++

 

9.      03/29 Tuesday    Ch. 23 Carbohydrates

 

03/31 Thursday Lab #8: Qualitative Analysis (ASP 201)8

 

10.                        04/05 Ch 24 Lipids/ Review Practice Exam #2

 

04/07 Thursday Lab # 9 Qualitative Analysis (ASP 201)9

 

11.                     Exam # 2 on Tuesday April 12 on Chapters 20,21,22,23,24

 

 

12.              Tuesday 19 April     Ch. 25 Proteins  

                    Thursday 21 April TBA- editing of project meetings-ASP 224 office

 

13.              Tuesday 26 April     Ch. 26 Nucleic Acids

                   Thursday 28 April   TBA- editing of project meetings-ASP 224 office

 

14.     Tuesday 3 May Ch. 27 Polymers

Thursday May 5 Presentations “Scheduled” in REYN 113

 

15.     Tuesday 10 May – Final Exam Review-Handout/Discussion

Thursday May 12 Presentations “Scheduled” in REYN 113

 

16.     Final Exam 230-500pm on Tuesday May 17 /

Thursday 19 May Grades available in Office 1-3pm

 

Lab references-

·        Williamson, Kenneth L. Organic Experiments; 8-9th Edition; Houghton Mifflin.

·        MB Sady, J. Chemical Education; 82(12):Dec. 2005,1808AB;

·        ---  62(6): June 1985, 530-531.

·        Caserio, Marjorie C., Experimental Organic Chemistry, (1967), W. A. Benjamin, Inc.

 

Lab Instrumentation-

·        PerkinElmer 1310 I.R. Spectrophotometer (Aspen 202A Carson campus)

·        Beckman DU-64 Scanning UV-VIS Spectrophotometer (Aspen   202A Carson campus)

·        Fisher-Thermo Biomate 5 UV-VIS Spectrophotometer

·        MelTemp m.p. apparatus

·        PerkinElmer Clarus Gas Chromatograph (Bently Nevada campus)

·        Proton & C-13 NMR Varian 400Mhz (Chem Dept. UN Reno campus)