CHEMISTRY 110 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I. Fall 2014 INFORMATION SHEET

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1 CHEMISTRY 110 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I Instructors: Fall 2014 INFORMATION SHEET Professor Ashok Kakkar Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 313 Tel: (514) Office hours: By appointment, via MyCourses to arrange meetings. Professor Tomislav Friscic Otto Maass Chemistry Building, room 425 Tel: (514) Office hours: By appointment, via MyCourses to arrange meetings Dr. Laura Pavelka Pulp & Paper Building, room, 104 Tel: (514) Office hours: By appointment, via MyCourses to arrange meetings Course information: All Course Related Information on MyCourses at: "Mycourses" can also be reached through mymcgill from the main McGill page Login: McGill ID AND Minerva PIN OR McGill username AND McGill password For information on the use of MyCourses go to Select General Chemistry 1 - Fall CHEM Cross-Listed If you are having trouble logging on to MyCourses, please contact IST Customer Services (ICS) (514) or by from MyCourses page: Please do NOT the lecturers as they will not be able to help.

2 Lectures: CHEM 110, Section 1 Monday, Wednesday and Friday to 11.25, Leacock 132. CHEM 110, Section 2 Tuesday, Thursday 11: , McIntyre Medical Building Room 522. Important: You can attend either of the LECTURE sections without making any change to your registration. Both sections are on a joint class list and all write the same exams at the same time. Textbook: Required: General Chemistry Principles & Modern Applications Petrucci, Herring, Madura and Bissonette, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 10 th Edition. Available at the McGill Bookstore: Petrucci: Cloth bound Copy+Student Solutions Manual+Mastering Chemistry access code $ tax (Total: ~$200.39) Petrucci: Loose leaf Copy+Student Solutions Manual+ Mastering Chemistry access code $ tax (Total: ~$140.28) Required Sharp EL510RB non-programmable scientific calculator $ tax (Total: ~$11.49) Helpful resource (Not Required): "Relevant Chemistry: Problems and Solutions" by Ian S. Butler and Arthur E. Grosser. The latter is available for $18 through CUSS (Chemistry Undergraduate Students' society, in the basement of Otto Maass Chemistry. Library Reserve: Copies of the text will be on reserve in the Schulich Library of Science and Engineering. Mastering Chemistry: Purchasing the textbook gives you access to the online Petrucci learning system, "Mastering Chemistry". The site can be accessed from webct or from Student Response system {"Clickers}: A student response system (SRS) will be used by Dr. Laura Pavelka during her section in the class. (Clickers are available at the McGill Bookstore for $ tax (Total: ~62.42) new, and $37.50 used. The McGill Bookstore will buy them back for $27.15) Important: The clicker data are recorded anonymously and are only used to provide feedback. For information on the use of clickers go to

3 Outline of Topics: Professor Friscic (4 weeks) Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure: Early Atomic Theory, Atomic Spectra, Quantum Theory, Bohr atom, Quantum and Wave Mechanics, Quantum Numbers, Electron Configurations Petrucci: , plus lecture notes The Periodic Table: Overview of the Periodic Table, Ionic and Atomic Radii, Ionization Energy, Electron Affinity, Electronegativity Petrucci: , plus lecture notes Dr. Pavelka (4 weeks) Bonding I: Lewis Structures, Covalent and Ionic Bonding, Resonance, Polarity, Dipole Moments, Bond Energies, VSEPR Theory. Petrucci: Chapter 10, plus lecture notes Bonding II: Valence Bond Theory, Hybridization, Molecular orbital theory, Metallic Bonding Petrucci: Chapter 11, plus lecture notes Professor Kakkar (4 weeks) The Transition Elements and the Bonding in their Coordination Compounds: Metallurgy and the iron Triad, Werner's Theory, Ligands, Nomenclature, Crystal field theory, Spectrochemical series Petrucci: Chapter 23-1,-2,-3, and -5. Chapter 24-1 to -7, plus lecture notes Intermolecular Forces: Dipole-dipole Interactions, Hydrogen Bonding, London Forces, Ionic and Network Covalent Solids. Petrucci: Chapter 12, plus lecture notes Elements of Descriptive Chemistry: Properties, Preparation and Uses of Some Metals and Non-metals (i.e., Calcium, Aluminum, Carbon, Silicon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur). Selected examples from Petrucci: Chapters 21 and 22. Tutorials: During tutorials, many problems will be solved and the emphasis will be on the application of the material covered in the lectures. Attendance is voluntary but highly recommended. Tutors: Jim Avik, and Igor Huskic, There will be two optional tutorials a week: Friday, 16:30 to 18:00, Otto Maass Chemistry Room 10 Thursday, 19:00 to 21:00, Bishop Mountain Hall Cafeteria, McGill Residences

4 Laboratory Lab Instructors: Mitchell Huot Otto Maass Chemistry Building Room 1 Tel: (514) mitchell.huot@mcgill.ca Laboratory starts the week of September 8 th, 2014 with pre-lab lecture and informational session. Personal safety equipment is not necessary for the initial pre-lab lecture. Come to the Lab (basement of Otto Maass, Room 1) according to your scheduled lab section. You must also watch a lab safety video and a lab introductory video before coming to the lab. Both videos are accessible via mycourses. All lab information will be available through mycourses including the lab schedule and the lab manual. The lab manual will only become available to you once you watch the lab safety video and introductory video. For any question related to the labs, see Mitchell Huot (Otto Maass Room 1 in the Basement). Lab coats and safety glasses will be available for sale from the Holmes Room in the Basement of the Otto Maass Chemistry Building during the hours posted. These items will be required starting the second week of labs. The laboratory counts for 20% of the course. If you fail the lab and pass the course you get an "Incomplete" (K) grade. Lab exemption. If you are repeating this course, you could be eligible for a lab exemption if you had passed the lab component and are retaking the course within 3 years. Contact Mitch Huot to confirm your eligibility and obtain authorization. Be aware that, when exempted from labs, only midterm and final exams count in your course grade (lab grades are NOT transferred from previous years). Examination: Two 2-hour midterms and one 3-hour final examination will be held. Midterm 1 Wednesday October 8, 2014, 6:00 to 8:00 pm Midterm 2 Wednesday November 5, 2014, 6:00 to 8:00 pm (About 10-15% of the questions will come from the section covered for midterm 1) Final Exam Date to be announced by the University Important: Only the Sharp EL510RB non-programmable scientific calculator will be allowed during exams. Illness: Only certified medical excuses will be accepted for missed midterm examinations and laboratory experiment. When getting a medical excuse, the doctor must write clearly and print his/her name, date, reason for the excuse and their phone number on the certificate. No make-up mid-term examinations will be provided. Only one mid-term examination can be excused. If the second mid-term is also missed, the student will receive an incomplete (K) for the course.

5 Grading system: Laboratory 20% Midterm 1 20% Midterm 2 20% Final exam 40% Grading system if only one midterm is written (with medical excuse) Laboratory 20% Midterm 1 or 2 30% Final exam 50% Grading system for students with lab exemption: Midterm 1 25% Midterm 2 25% Final exam 50% Important Student language rights: IN ACCORD WITH MCGILL UNIVERSITY S CHARTER OF STUDENT RIGHTS, STUDENTS IN THIS COURSE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT IN ENGLISH OR IN FRENCH ANY WRITTEN WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE GRADED. Academic Integrity: MCGILL UNIVERSITY VALUES ACADEMIC INTEGRITY. THEREFORE ALL STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE MEANING AND CONSEQUENCES OF CHEATING, PLAGIARISM AND OTHER ACADEMIC OFFENCES UNDER THE CODE OF STUDENTS CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES (see for more information). Change to evaluation scheme: IN THE EVENT OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES THE CONTENT AND/OR EVALUATION SCHEME IN THIS COURSE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Staff-Student Mentoring Program Open to all students looking to enhance their overall university experience by connecting with a University staff member. For more information:

CHEMISTRY 110 GENERAL CHEMISTRY I INFORMATION SHEET Fall 2012

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