Course Schedule

Week

Date

Lec. #

Topic

Text Reading (Chapt. Secs.)

Lab

1

14-Jan

1

Colligative properties of solutions, Raoult's Law

 

NO LABS

2

Boiling points and freezing points of mixtures, Soaps and Surfactants

8A.1 - 8A.5

2

20-Jan

3

Solids: Types and Properties

9.1 - 9.7

P1: Phosphorous analysis

   

4

Structure of solids, X-Ray crystallography

9.8 - 9.11

 

5

Connecting density, crystal packing, and particle radius

9.12 - 9.13

3

27-Jan

6

Reversibility of reactions, Rates of Reaction, Special Activity (to be distributed)

10.1 - 10.4

P2: NO2 Analysis

7

The Equilibrium Constant and Law of Mass Action, Reaction Quotients, CA39, CA40

10.5 - 10.6

8

Equilibrium Calculations, Shifting the equilibrium position

10.7 - 10.9, 10A.1, 10A.2

4

3-Feb

9

LeChatlier's Principle

10.10 - 10.12

P3: Shifting Reactions

   

10

Acids and Bases, CA42

11.1 - 11.5

 

7-Feb

EXAM #1

Chapt. 8A, 9, 10.1 - 10.9

5

10-Feb

11

Acid/base strength, pH Scale, CA43, CA46

11.6 - 11.11

P4: Acid-base Interactions

   

12

Strength of conjugate acid-base pairs, CA47

11.1

 

13

Calculating the pH of weak acid/base solutions, CA44, CA45

11.12 - 11.14

6

17-Feb

14

Acid/Base buffers & Titration curves

11.15 - 11.18

P5: Acid-Base Analysis

   

15

Polyprotic acids & bases, Amphoterism

11A.1 - 11A.4

 

16

Oxidation-Reduction reactions, half-reactions, CA48

12.1 - 12.3

7

24-Feb

17

Balancing RedOx reactions

12A.1 - 12A.4

P6: RedOx & Voltaic Cells

   

18

Electrochemical Cells, CA50, CA51

12.4 - 12.7

 

28-Feb

EXAM #2

10.10-10.12, 11, 11A

8

3-Mar

19

Nernst Equation

12.8 - 12.9

P7: Organic Synthesis

   

20

Organic Chemistry, Carbon, Alkanes

O1.1 - O1.2

 
   

21

Isomerism

O1.3 - O1.5

 

9

10-Mar

 

SPRING BREAK

 

NO LABS

10

17-Mar

22

Alkenes, Alkynes, and some of their reactions

O1.6 - O1.9

P8: IR Workshop & Mass Spec

   

23

Aromatic hydrocarbons, Petroleum and Coal

O1.10 - O1.12

 
   

24

Stereoisomers: Optical and Geometric

O1.13 - O1.14

 

11

24-Mar

25

Functional Groups

O2.1, O2.3 - O2.4

P9: NMR Workshop

26

Carbonyl continaing compounds

O2.5, O2.7 - O2.9

 

28-Mar

 

EXAM #3

12, O1

 

12

31-Mar

27

Functional group transformations

O2.2, O2.6

P10: Identification of unknoown orgainc compound

28

Entropy and the second law of thermodynamics, CA52

13.1 - 13.3

29

Absolute entropies, 3rd Law of thermodynamics, calculation of entropy changes, CA54

13.4 - 13.6

13

7-Apr

30

Gibbs Free Energy, CA55

13.7 - 13.9

P10: continuation

   

31

Calculation of free energy changes

13.10 - 13.12

 
   

32

Free energy and chemical equilibrium, CA56

13.13 - 13.15

 

14

14-Apr

33

Chemical kinetics, kinetic vs. thermodynamic control, reaction rates, CA57

14.1 - 14.7

P11: Kinetic factors

34

Determinating rate laws, integrated rate laws, half-life, CA58

14.12 - 14.15

 

18-Apr

 

EASTER BREAK - NO CLASS

   

15

21-Apr

 

EASTER BREAK - NO CLASS

 

NO LABS

   

35

Collision theory and reaction mechanisms, CA59

14.8 - 14.11

 
   25-Apr  

EXAM #4

O2, 13.1 - 13.6

 

16

28-Apr

36

Reaction mechanisms, CA60

14.8 - 14.11

CHECK OUT

   

37

Activation energy, CA62

14.16, 14.18

 
   

38

Catalysis, CA61

14.17

 

17

5-May

39

Enzyme catalysis, stratospheric ozone depletion kinetics

14.19

 

6-May

 

LAST DAY OF CLASSES

   
           
 

9-May

 

12:30-2:30 pm FINAL EXAM Section 111-010

(see below)

 
 

9-May

 

3-5 pm FINAL EXAM Section 111-011

(see below)

 
           

Final Exam: 50% Comprehensive ACS Exam + 50% Chap. 13.7 - 13.15, 14, 15.1, 15.4, 15.6 - 15.9

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